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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1903)
HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1903. R. B. BRAGG & CO Men's Hats Have just received a nice" new line of Men's Hats in the latest novel ties from f 2..r0 to 3.r(). If you want the latest we have it. Shoes for Men A beautiful Colt Shoe with Monkey top, kid lined, Goodyear welt; felt between inner and - outersole just the thing 1JL VI 1 COO (411 VI VU1111W1. l. wears well and will keep your feet warm. Also have Douglas Shoes in Vicars, box calf Velour calf and patent leathers. For a medium-priced shoe there are few to equal and none to surpass. Ladies' Furs We want to close out our furs before the holidays, and to do so we will make the following prices, which are rare bargains that you won't have of fered you again probably for years: Beautiful Beaver worth.. f 10, for 7.50 Long black hair 8 tails with loop and C cord, worth $9 U- Long black Coney and Sa ble with gun-metal clasp and chain; C O C worth $7.50, O.D Other Collarettes, that are worth $4..r0 "J yours for 0JO Seal Collarette worth fo.riO Another one worth $3.75, 4.50 2M Ladies' Walking Skirts THESE ARE REAL BARGAINS All of our $8.50 Skirts at $6.75 All of our 0.50 Skirts at 5.25. All of our 5.50 Skirts at 4.25 All of our 3.75 Skirts, at 2.95 Men's Suits SALE TO LAST TWO WEEKS All of our Men's $1H.50 Suits at $14.80 All of our Men's 10.00 Suits at 12.80 All of our Men's 12.50 Suits .at 10.00 All of our Men's 10.00 Suits at 8.00 FRUIT GROWING IN The following write-up of tlm apple in dustry in Hood River vulloy appeared recently in the linral New Yorer un der the signature of . I. 0. Curtis. Mr. Curtis is a niemlmr of the educational bureau of the Chilian Nitrate works. He is also Interested in fruit growing in the Southern states. He was in Hood River last October, and in company with Hon. K. L. Smith visited the dis trict fair at The Dalle?. Having recently returned from a visit to the beauth'ul Hood River valley in Northern Oregon, which valley is already famous for the production of apples of remarkable keeping and shlp i! inequality, some of 'lie fuels 1 gslli- When You Come to Town Do not fail to call and see us and give us a chance to fill .vour order. We quote Flour in not less than barrel lots at warehouse: I)alls Patent, jmt lM...f L50 White River, jmt 111..$4.25 Dalles Straight, ?3.55. Feed at warehouse in not less than half-ton lots: Rolled hnrl.'V, v ton. $24.50 Shorts, er ton f 22.50 Oats, jer ton 25.00 Itran and Slan ts 22.00 Dran, per ton, $21.50. Yours truly, bone & Mcdonald Ladies' Belts SILK Belts with srun-met al case and buckle... 76c SILK Belts with fancy buckle and slides 65c SILK Belts with oxodized silver buckles back and front 60c KID Leather Belts, nicely trimmed .....35c BEAUTIFUL Silk-woven Cord Belts, made in ele gant styles. Your choice for 75c, $1, $1.25 PATENT Leather Belts in colors 25c Shirt Waist Sets PEARL Shirt Waist Sets 250,350, 50c, G5c, 75c CUT Steel Waist Sets, latest styles 75c JET Waist Sets. They are beauties : 60c Collars SILK Embroidered Col lars. They are beauties 35c, 50c, 00c, 75e and$l Combs BIG Line of Fancy Side and Back Combs and Fancy Hair Pins. Opera Shawls SPECIAL SALE $ .75 Shawls for $ .60 l.oo " " .80 150 " 1.20 175 " 1.40 2.00 " 1.60 ' 2.50 1.75 3.00 " " 2.40 3.50 2.80 OS. ered may lie of Interest to the reudere of the Knral New-Yorker. Most inter esting to me was the fact that nearly the entire apple crop of that valley was sold early In September to the local apple dealer at the following prices per lnishel box, f. o. Ii., care at HihmI River: Spitzenbmys, 2; Newtown I'ippin, $1.K5; Iten Davis, M cents. The buyer only contracts to take 3,iKX boxes of lk'ii Davis while of the other varieties he takes the entire product of the val ley that is of shipping quality. Of course there is a reason why the Hood River grower gets jtfi per barrel while the Western New York grower only gets 1 per barrel, ami it is chiefly because lie grows good apples, keeps tbem good by thorough spraying, and then has them paeUeil ii!iilr.nly so that a box of Hood River apples is a staple article in any market to w hich it may be sent. It is (if some of the methods which pro duce this result that I wish to speak. This valley is far enough inland (aMat I'V) miles from the ocean), that i there are no fogs to obscure the sun light which is so necessary to ripen and color the fruit. The soil Is of volcanic origin, of the right texture to be easily worked, and also containing suflicieut mineral salts in an available form that artificial fertilizers have not seemed nec essary .The growers are now plautingon- ly those varieties of highest quality, such as Spitzenburg and Newtown, and are planting them 24 to 30 feet apart. They spray very thoroughly every two weeks from the time the blossoms fall until September 1 with Bordeaux mixture and white arsenic, aiming to keep the apples entirely covered with a coating of the spary to defeat the cod 1 in moth. Thinning the fruit is almost invaria bly practiced in this section because the trees tend to overbearing, which is very evident wheu one can count from eight to 12 props under the limbs of each tree in au eight-year-old orchard, and because where two apples touch there is left a spot on each which is free from spray, and which fact the codliu moth is not long in fluditig out. It is in giving the very closest attention to these seemingly small de tails that several of these orchardi.sts have been able to harvest 95 per cent of perfect fruit. In picking the apples, the orchards are gone over three or more times, picking only the mature fruit each time, which allows all Hie fruit to stay on the tree until it is the best possible product. I was unable to learn of any trouble from the canker worm in the Pacific coast orchards, and it is not unusual to see only the one branch which con tains the apples sprayed of a young tree while the rest is left bare, thereby saving time and material, but the ma terial Is not saved where there are apples; in fact, wheu I was there (Octo ber 1) the apples and leaves were so white with spray that it was hard to distinguish them when driving along the road. Of course, each apple has to be wiped off before packing. The trees are headed low, so that the highest branches are reached from a low step stool. No ladders ate used. The apples are packed in the boxes by professional packers who are noti fied beforehand when the grower will be ready for them. They are paid $2.00 per day, and average 50 boxes each per day, which makes the cost five cents per box for wrapping in paper and packing. The box contains exactly one bushel and the usual grade is called a four-tier box containing SM apples. However, of the larger varie ties it only takes three tiers to till the box (45 apples). The growers have learned that after growing this kind of apples and getting them packed uni formly in boxes it is a comparatively easy matter to sell them, so this season' they simply pooled their product and advertised for bids with the above mentioned results. Fig. 313 shows a four-year-old Wagoner apple tree In the orchard of Sears & Porter that yieded over four boxes of apples this season which sold for (2 per box. The tree originally came from u West ern New York nursery. Most of this fruit goes to Asiatic ports, since it can be carried across the Pacific at a cost of 20 cents per box as compared with 50 cents per box to New York and 11.06 to either London or Liverpool via New York. It is inter esting to note that there are practically no Ben Davis being planted now in that section, although the orchard acreage is increasing rapidly, and I believe I have learned some of the reasons why Oregon Spilzenburgs retail on Broad way at "two for a quarter" each year at holiday time. On Board the Gntzert. "Sir, may I look at your paper, please?" "Certainly, sir. A little paper I pick ed up the other day in a little town above here called White Salmon. I have been somewhat amused and in terested in an editorial of this issue." "Yes. Are you a stranger here, sir?" "Yea, sir. My home is in Mercer county, Pennsylvania." "I am Also from the East. My home is in Knox county, Ohio. Just taking a run through the West this winter for a much-needed rest and incidentally to see if I can grasp the superior advan tages said to be here for our young men. I think, sir, this ride from Port land to The Dalles is one of the most grand and sublime river routes in America, well worth my trip to the coast." "It is, indeed, so: and, sir, there is some magnificent country, agricultural, bordering this grand river. My trip West, and business here, is for the pur pose of seeing and investigating the possibilities for expanding myself with my limited means, to better suit the BQ0KS The largest line of late and popular books ever carried in the city. I can fit you out in this line from the finest binding and best authors to the cheapest series. 1 have made a specialty this year of books for the young folks. BIBLES. A nice line of Bibles of every size, from the little. Pocket Testament to the large Long Priiijer.JJible. ALBUMS. I have a large assortment of Albums and am offering them at a bargain. The old cus tom was to keep the price up until after the hol idays, then cut them down. Not so with me. I am not going to have tiny left to cut prices on. Get them while they last. FANCY STATIONERY. It costs to advert ise. No use to take up space telling you of this line. Everybody knows when they get their stationery of Slocom they get the latest. FOUNTAIN PENS. Afulllineof the famous Waterman Fountain Pens. The host made. Also a fine line of Pearl Handle gold tip Pens. MEDALIONS AND PICTURES. A nice assortment at the right price. Kemem- Imt, I make a specialty of these lines. Will le pleased to show them to you. There is but one Geo. I. in town, and that is GEO. I. SL0C0M, The Book Man. capacity of my growing family of five boys." "Ah, and may I ask what success you have met witn so far."' "There are great opportunities here, I believe, in fruit growing, but at a much greater cost than I anticipated. For instance, at Hood Eiver, a beauti ful valley, peopled with an intelligent. up-to-date people; flue graded schools and churches; tuey grow the hnest ap plet I ever saw, and I am told tine strawberries also; dui to me their land values are too high. Add to the Dres- ent prices the land is held at the cost of the necessary improvements required for a home of comfort, and an orchard In bearing, and it immediately places me just where I am now at my home, unable to expand as I desire to do with my means at band. At White Salmon, on the north side of the river, opposite Hood River, I was informed that val ues were not so high and conditions fully equal those of Hood River valley for fruit growing. I crossed over to investigate. Seeing this little paper upon the hotel table, I glanced over it. I will say, sir, to me the voice of the press should be the voice of the people. In thlB editorial you will notice it refers to their school house. After dinner 1 made an investigation of what looked good to the editor (and the people, from my view). I will sav, fir, it con cluded my investigation in White Sal mon. I cannot oner comments, not being conversant with the conditions, but if tins ramshackle of a barn, with its surroundings, was the graded school house of the town, what were the country school houses like? My condi tion and task herearter in lile is to properly educate my boys, intelligent ly, morally and physically. If I am any nidge, none or these conditions JOHN R. NICKELSEN, Reflected City Recorder. could be expected from an external view at least, and as you will note by reading the article referred to, they are not likely to improve soon." Siience follows the reading. "Oh, yea, I see. Did you see the ed itor of this paper?" "No. Perhaps in this Instance lie might not have voiced the seutlmenis of the people. It reads 10 me like something of a vision of the wav back yonder days or this editor got hold of mm and lie could iu fancy see himself and his sweetheart winding through the fields to the Old log school house of by-gone days, and it looked good to him. Hello; what place is this? Van couver. "Y'es; I stop here. Do you stop long in Portland?" "I shall rest a day there and then look up the Willamette vallev. I stop at the Perkins. Shall be pleased to see you there." "Good afternoon. Mrs. Doolev': and did you hear what the gentleman said of our school house?" "Faith, I did. Mrs. Suow: and the divil a lie was there in it. Me by Teddy is now home with the pinnel niagiu nis, a-comin' to him from fallin' on a bowlder foruinst the school-house door. An Eavesdropper. Since the above communication was received and put In type the Enterprise lias come to hand with a leading ed itorial stating that the heavyiest tax payers had got together and decided that nothing less than a $4,000 brick school house would do for White Sal mon, and resolved to devise wavsTaud 1 " f J means to build the same. The sun shines nt White Salmon, and every thing is lovely. En. Prospects Look Hriglilor. MounlHlneer. It is undeniable that business in The Dalles is now and has been dull the past three or four months. But there is unquestionably better prospects in the future. Dulles business men and property owners have come to a realiza tion of (lie. fact that they must help themselves; that is, that the town can t (lepe'id exclusively upon outside trade for support ; that manufacturing indus tries must be created here and latent resources developed. Realizing this,they have t lie fruit, and vegetable cannery and cold storage proposition well under way and the plant will be installed early next season. This plant will give em ploymedt to a large number of people for six or seven months in the year, and will create a new industry. Much mav well be expected from it. T'hen there is a proposition on foot, that bids fair to prove a Buccess, to es tablish a pressed brick plant to utilize the splendid clay found on Chenowith creek. This industry will, when launched give employment to a good manv neonle and at the same time develop a latent resource. There are other enterprises talkfd of that are feasible, such as an electric road reaching from here into the interior, that would be beneficial to The Dalles. All things considered the future pros pects of The Dalles are brighter than they have been for years. New vigor is being developed, and general upbuild ing may be expected during the vear 1904. Head About to Itnrst. "I had a severe bilious attack and felt like my head was about to burst when 1 got hold of a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets I took a dose of them after sup per and the next day felt like a new man and have been feeling happy ever since," says J. W. Smith of Juliff, Tex as. For biliousness, stomach troubles and constipation these tablets have no equal, l'rice l'5c. For sale by all drug gists. THE ORIGIN OF COFFEE. Why the Berry Defies Production In the United Slate. As to the history of coffee, the legend runs that It was first found growing wild in Arabia. Hadji Omar, a dervish, discovered it iu 1285, 017 years ago. lie was dying of hunger In the wilderness, when, finding some small round ber ries, he tried to eat them, but they were bitter. He tried roasting them, and these he finally steeped in some water held In the hollow of his hand and found the decoction as refreshing as if he had partaken of solid food. lie hur ried back to Mocha, from which he had been banished, und, inviting the wise men to partake of bis discovery, they were so well pleased with It that they made him a saint . The story Is told that coffee was in troduced into the West Indies in by Chirac, a French physician, who gave a Norman gentleman of the name of le Clieux, a captain of Infantry on his way to Martinique, a slnglo plant. The sea voyage was a stormy one, the vessel was driven out of her course, and drinking water became so scarce that It was distributed in rations. De Clieui, with au affectiou for his coffee plant, divided his portion of water with It and succeeded in bringing it to Martinique, although weak, not in a hopeless condi tion. There he planted it in his garden, protected it with a fence of thorns and watched it daily until the end of the No, 2 STUMP PULLERS. We crty compete slock of W. xmllh Grubbing Mic'iloe. wire cable, rope dmrtam, btocke, root bouka, et, lbr which we are g nerl agent for Oregon and Washington, Write lor eatakifoe. ONLY exclusive Hardware Store in. THE DALLES, OR. The Mt. Hood Lbr. Co. EXTENDS the Season's hearty greetings to its employes, patrons, friends i and the people of Hood Iliver, thanks them sincere ly for the patronage they have i extended the company during the past year, and wishes one and all a very Merry Christmas. "year," wnen lie gatticrea two "pou"riaBuT coffee, which he distributed among the Inhabitants of the islund to be planted by them. From Martinique coffee trees in turn were sent to Santo Domingo, Uuadaloupe and other neighboring is lands. The coffee tree is an evergreen shrub,: growing, in Its natural state, to a height of fourteen to eighteen feet It Is usu ally kept trimmed, however, for con venience in picking the berries, which grow along the branches close to the leaves and resemble In shape and color ordinary cherries. The tree cannot be grown above the frost line, neither can It be successfully grown in the tropics. The most successful climate for produc tion is that found at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. Anything much above tills Is in danger of frost, which Is fatal to the tree, and when coffee Is grown much below this it requires artificial shade, which materially Increases the cost of production and does not produce as marketable berries. It Is owing to this particular requirement that coffee has never been successfully produced in the United States. Success. MAKING BREAD. Biscuit and roils require a hotter oven than bread. Bread should rise to twice Jts original quantity before It Is ready to bake. The sponge should be set at night If the baking Is to be done In the morn ing; otherwise set it early In the morn ing. Bread and biscuits should, rise In a moderately warm place, for If too cold It will be heavy or If too hot It is likely to sour. Milk is preferable for mixing. In some cases the quantity used will have to be varied a little, as some flour will absorb more moisture than others. A good sponge can be made of one pint of sifted flour, one cake of com pressed yeast dissolved in a cupful of warm water and liquid enough to make a batter. It should be left to rise till light Exchange. Light itself is a great corrective, J thousand wrongs and abuses that an grown In darkness disappear like owli nd bats before the light of day. Oregon Nursery Co. For flnttHjlww, whole-rooted and budded Tree, end your order to the old reliable Oregon Nursery Co., at Hiilem, Oregon. We have yet for Mle few more thouund fli 8t-clnn8 Newtown l'lpplna, HplUeoburgt, end a full Hue ot all other vsrletlea of ap ples and general nursery slock. Now is the time to place your order, before til the beet treei are sold. C. T. RAWSON. F. H. STANTON 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 anv number . Cherry, Pear,Apricot, liKAJPES, CUKKANTS, BERRY PLANTS, Shade and Ornamental Trees. Also, all the standard varieties of apple trees. Can supply the trade with plenty of Newtown, Spitzen foerg and Jonathan apple trees. RAWSON & STANTON, Hood River, Or. 1 1 ,1 Horse for Sale. I have three horses, run (ting Id weight from 1000 to 1250 Bounds; will mH either one. .Pur chiuier can have hi Dick. d!7 J. VAIJTHiERa, Mount Hood. BON TON BARBER SHOP. L. C. HAYKES, Prop. The place to get an easy sh- an up-to-date hair cut, and to fcr'ov the luxury of a porcelain bath tub,. E. A. SOULE, ontractor and Builder. Plans and Estimates Furnish ed Uton Application1, dl COTTAGE ; Meat Market. I am prepared to furnish the public with the best of Fresh and Cured Meats, Lard, all kinds of Fresh Vegetables Chickens and Eggs, at the lowest prices. FREE DELIVERY. Phone J. T. HOLM AN. TRUE TO NAME.; I have tor Mle thin leanon, 10,000 Yellow Newtown Pippin.; 6,0110 Hpltcenbur(a: 2,0110 Arkannan Black. Urafted on whole root Mid from scions t hat were carefully selected from Home of the beat bearing tree In Hood River valley. I do not beatutte to guarantee my tret true to name. Hend for prlnea to MILWAUKEE NURHKHIE8, N. B. Hakvky, Prop. Milwaukee, Or. F. E. STRANG, local agent. Peach& Plum Trees, I !- .X-h. Apple 1 pees