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
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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.
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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
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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,
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Apple
1 pees