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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1905)
POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE The ooBtttl receipt for the Hood River office for the quarter ending June 30 show so Inoreane of 131)7.21, over the same period for 1904. The total receipt for the correttponding quarter are: 1904, tUW.lT, 1900, fc!147.98. The receipt for the month of June 1905 were 083.24: those for the aame month laHt year, KV16.52. The prin cipal iucreaMe thin laHt quarter wan during the month of May, the receipts for thia vear exceeded those for the correHnondiutf month of 1904 by 11)07. The figures for the correaponding months being-1904, 1517; for 1905 824. Excitement Over Hold Run Mine. 8. H. Cox 1h home from a trip to the Hold Kun Mining difltrict on the headwaters of the Washnogal, about 18 milotf north of Cape Horn. lie in jubilant over the proapectt of bis mine. A road is being built Into thi district from Cape Horn, the nearest lauding on the Columbia, and a large number of prospector are becoming excited over the future of thi mining district. The obief output I coper, but there I plenty of gold and silver In the ore in addition to the other metal. Mr. Oox'a company, of which Harry Rand I president, ia preparing to aluk a 50 foot Bbuft at their mine, and will be gin work lmmediatey. He expects to return to the mine about the mid dle of thi month. A good-sized stream run within 40 feet of the mouth of the tunnel, says Mr. Cox, and they expect to have plenty of water for power purposes. Hit Hood River friend hope be will strike it rich. The original locator of these claims had some of the ore assayed '20 years ago, when it ran from tlO to $42 a ton in copper, gold and other minerals. Funs' Ilrotlier Here From tht East. Thursday morning the Chronicle had a oalier, say that paper, In the person of Andrew Flugum, a brother of James Foss, who was murdered at -M mint Hood on the 11th of May. Mr. Flugum say be has not seen his brother since be left Norway twenty five or thirty year ago. That he came from Wisconsin to Oregon with some friends who live in Portland and who have kept track of hi tu since. Through them he learned of hi terrible fate; but relative had supposed him dead, a be never wrote them. Flugum at oikio started from hi home In Btough ton, Wis., to Oregon to determine if indeed it was hi brother and to In vestigate hi death. He 1 now pos itive of his identity. When asked now It happened that hi brother was mimed Foss, he said in Norway a man 1 often known by the name of his farm, which name is handed down from owner to owner. Their farm In Norway wa called Foss and he has another brother who take the name. Mr. Flugum will remain in Oregon, until after the trial of Iiies, who la held for hi brother' murder. I It not Time to Haltt Rpringfleld Republican. The recent outrage by United Htates immigration officials upon four Chinese students who had arrived In Boston harbor from England, on their way to l iiina, menu all Hie advertising It can get. 1 lie hideousnesi of the present i ninese exclusion laws, in so lar an tuey affect Chinese other than labororBhnuUl be borne In upon the attention ol the country, and this Is likely to happen now that the threatened Chinese bo cott on American manufactures had stirred up our northern and southern cotton manufactures. The lloston case was flagrant, 'lhe student carried let ten of Introduction from Ambassador Choato and their passports were without a flaw. 1 et the oltlciais detained them for twenty-four hours, photographed them like criminals, and compelled them to give bond that ttiey would not look for work and take the bread out of the proud American workingman's mouth Whun these boys get borne to China and toll their experience to their undo, who is the governor of Hhanghal, the boycott on American goods will not be mitigated an. The Secret of Nueces. Forty million bottles of August Flow. er sold In the United Mates aloiie since Its Introduction! And the demand for Ills still growing. Isn't that a fine showing of success? Don't It prove nun August Mower nas nnu un ruling success In the cure of Indigestion am dyspepsia the two greatest enemies of lieullu and happiness' Doe it not af ford the best evidence that August flower is a sure siieclllo for all stomach and Inliwtlnul disorders? that it has proved Itself the best of all liver regu lators? August Flower lias a matchless record of over thirty-five years in cur lug the ailing millions of these distress lug complalntx a success that Is be coming wider In Its scoot' every day, at bomeuud abroad, as the fame of Aug ust Flower spreads. Trlul bottles, l!6c: regular Clarke. ANXIOUS TO START WALNUT ORCHARD H. O. Colton of Portland, Pacific Northwest representative of the Mass achusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., who recently purchased the Aberuethy 117 acre on Phelps creek, is very anxious to get ail Knglisu walnut or chard started in Hood Kiver valley He is confident there Is money in nut culture if conditions here are suitable to their production. In last week' Glacier. Mr. Colton had a letter asking whether anybody in Hood River has had any expert euco with the Knglish walnut. there Is any one in the valley who has, Mr. Colton would be pleased to cor respond with him. "Over flO.000.000 is expended an Dually for nut in the United States, sav Mr. Colton. "and California sup plies but $300,000 worth, provided the season is not too dry and the trees d not suffer In that state from a drouth I understand that Mr. Kennedy the Fast Hide has an English walnut tree 11 year old. Now if this tn has thrived this long it will certalnlj be good 50 rears from now I'ln U-vaitr-rtM b'nodlyh unltlllfc t.rnt-. of nuts, a pound, the acre. profitable size, 75e. For sale by . N. At Kate of 1H00 liiishwls to the Acre. Salem Homestead, f A resdent of Eugene, Oregon, dug 100 pounds of lurge, well-matured po tatoes from seventy-five square feet of ground which had been irrigated and fertilized. Thi crop was the pro duct of a planting made ninety days ago. lie expects to grow a similar amount on the same space in the same length of time. At that rate an acre of ground ought to produce 100 minimis or spuds. That a Intensified farming fur you. Will Stay in Hood Hirer. The remedy that makes you eat, sleep anu grow (troiig, called t'alnio tablets, will be sold regularly hy Williams' Pharmacy, Hood River. Those great nerve anu constitution builders cost only ouc per oox, six boxes i.'.ou. Lewis and (lark Fair Notes. The attendance at the Lewis and ( lurk expos'tion is increasing daily Excursions are run every day from one or more cities in tbe isortliwest, bring ing many people to the fair. EvervlKxIy who has visited the Lewis and I lurk exposition pronounces the Trail "the lieat ever." There are thirty shows, and you cau see them all for about 7. The price! range from 10 to 60 cents. Good for Stomach Trouble, Constipation "Chamberlains Mtomach and Liver Tablets hae done me a great deal of good," says C. Towns, of Rat Portage, Ontario, Canada, "lleing a mild physic the after etlccts are not unpleasant, and I can recommend them them to all who sutler from stomach disorder." For sale by Williams' Pharmacy. Two-quart combination hot water bottle and fountain syringe guaranteed or one year. Only f'l.fV) at Clarke's. i ear-old will produce 100 pounds which aell for Ylyt cents About 100 tree are set to which make the nut a cron. "Clark county. Wasningtou. is go Ing extensively into nut vulture, and that county baa a fine display of nuts in the exhibit at tbe Lewis and Clark fair. It would Day Hood River peo pie to look for this exhibit in tbe Washington building when they go to tbe exposition. I believe these nutw would do well here, and am anxioui to make the trial myself. "In planting English walnuts, understand that tbe second generation must be secured, as the third, fourth or fifth generation will not produce, This I an Important point whlcbex perlmeuter must not overlook." Is Rooming the Portland Fair. The following letter appeared iu recent Issue of the Ocala (Fla. ) Ran oer: An Oregonlan friend of mine return ing to Hood River from the opening of tbe Lewis and Clark Centennial "The 1D0& Lewis and Clark Centeu nlal and American Pacific, Exposition and Oriental World Fair at Port laud, Oregon, Is now open to the world. This great fair sprang Into life by tbe touch of a button by Preslden Roosevelt at the national capital, rVashiuton, I). C, 3,010 miles away, "The Lewi and Clark centennial is the -commemorative event of the pio neer western explorers, 'Lewis an Clark and party, who were sent out to explore tbe western wilds one nun dred year ago by President Thomai Jefferson. "Portland and the state of Oregon are la the public eye at the present time and will continue so forever, And. dear southern friends. who 'wunne wuzzer' Florid Ian, but now an Oregonian, extend greetings and hope you all will come out an see thi great wostern world's fair of 1905. "Come one. come nil. my dear Dixie friends, and we will, while 'hit ting the grail,' talk of reminisconses of long ago. "The grail 1 the amusement street of the exposltou, and, my dear Mar ion county friends, I assure you It i a groat place to hit." With best wishes to all, ALBERT ANSON (1RAIIAM. Corvallla Needs Pure Water. Corvallla Time. The Time apologize to country reader for devoting so much spar to the water question. Tbe truth is, a bold attempt ia being made to fasten Willamette river water, notoriously dirty and unclean, upon the people of Corvallla for an indefinite number of years. A cabal of lawyers has been hired to assist in deceiving and dup Ing the people Into cheating them selves out of the chance to get au abundance of pure water from the mountains for domestio use and for tire protection. With the utmost guuulty false issues are raised with the expectation of gulling people Into voting down the proposed giant of authority to the water committee for the Issue of bonds. The plot i known to involve, in case of present defeat, the ceaseless cultivation of false Idea whereby any future at tempt to recreate public sentiment for mountain water may lie prevented and opposition to municipal owner ship be developed. Many doing to White Salmon. Uoldeudiile Agriculturist. A. W. Chirk, who has just returned from White Salmon, states that the town is growing, and the Immediate country settling up. Large numliors of peopel are coming in to take a look at this ruinous fruit section, being ui-ougnc in win to salmon lam! com pany, of which J. C. Machines Is the manager. He states that "Mac" doing well, and one of the busiest men In that town, as besides his real es tate business he Is U. S. Ihiu) Com mlsslonnr and ueaily every day Is lak Ing anal homestead proofs. He aUo met Mike Thornton, who with his family bad just come in from a camt ing trip to the lower White Salmon river. Mr. iliomton said there was mighty good fishing on that stream. as in three day they caught 1070 Huh. Buy It Now. Now ia the time to buy Chamber lain 'a Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It Is certain to lie needed sooner or later and when that time comes you will need it badly you will need It quickly, liny It now. It m:iy save life. For sale by Williams' Phar macy. "Poor Fido," said the amateur sports man whun he had shot his dog, "how 1 will miss you." "It's too late to talk about missing him now," replied his companion. Mantle, wall and cookoo clocks on easv terms at Clark's. Tropical and California Fruits Cherries, Nuts WHITE SALMON. R. M. Clements on Friday ot lust week shipped twenty crates of the fin est four-tier liorries that have so fHr been sunt from this market. Owing to tbe lateness of tbe season, when berries are an extreme, luxury, the price was better than 62. N. W. Frecliind is sill shipping ber ries. The luto rains have brought on more berries and the quality is fine, lie made a heavy shipment last week of three-tier berries. He uad couri er out among the lanchers for crates, he having supposed that the harvest was over. R. Field of the White Salmon Land company came near meeting with a most serious accident on SaturdHy. While driving through the streets of White Salmon, the pole of the buggy dropped, and for a time the way his cayuses plowed up the soil was a cau tion. Mr. Field jumped, and sus tained serious injuries, breaking a .(mall bone in the right hand. Dr. Oearhurt set the bone, and it is hoped that no permanent damage will result. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jewett have returned from Portland, where they were attending the great fair. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett attended the groat World a Fair at St. Louis, but they say that the Lewis and Clark, while not so large, has many interesting attractions, and is ou that high plane that Is causing admiration from the entire world. Tbe county commissioner have re jected the new survey made by County Surveyor Arthur Richardson from the Pine Flat country opening out at the home of Peter Uroshong. It was the hope of the merchants of White Sal mon and the ranchers living In the Pine Flat and the Mountain Iirook country to have a cut olf, thus saving nearly four miles. It would have meant a great saving to the up-mouu tain ranchers, as it would luive meant the avoiding of the mountain climb. The road, in the opinion of tbe sur veyor, was impractical and on his ad vice the commissioners so found, and it was abandoned. (IHOLKKaTFASTI'M. Child Not Expected lo Live From One Hour lo Another, Hut Cured hy Chainhei'lniii'N Colic, Cholera anil Diarrhoea Remedy. Ruth, the little daughter of K. N. Dewey of Agnevtville, Va.. was serious ly of cboli m infantum last summer. "We gave her up and did not expect her in live from oni hour to another," he hiivs. I liaiipened to think of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and ot a bottle of it from the store. In lhe hours I saw a change for the l elier. .He kept on giving it and before hlie bail taken the half of one small buttle she was well." This rem edy is I' i sale by Williams' Pharmacy. Wall paper remnants for ten days at Hum s H ull I'aper l-itore' 2 Some Bargains. Our list contains about 40 different tracts of fruit ami general farm lands in Mosier; about 000 acres in Underwood, divided into tracts of from 40 to 1120 acres each; also about 185 different tracts of farm property in Hood Kiver valley, and some very ilenirable resi dences in Hood River and Mosie.r 33, (I acres mile out; berries and orchard. A beautiful location. Will be sold at a bargain. 112. .15 acres one-half mile from Mt. Hood P. O. 14 acres In clover, 4 in hay 14 in strawberries, 1 share water, 2 houses, all for $1400. ' 24. 42 acres 5 miles out, Hi acres In orchard, 10 full bearing. First-class Im provements. A beautiful home. 28. 80 acres, 5 acres 7-year-old apple trees, balance In clover and general farming. New 4-room bouse. 2. -In hitch In the most beautiful por tion of tbe valley. 4 acres in orchard one vear old, acres in berries, 4 acres In allalla, balance general Tunning. Hi. 10 acres 4 miles out; splendid soil; 1 acre apples, liest varieties; one year planted, li acres in strawberries, 2 acres in potatoes, fi acres iu clover. 114. Two HKI-uVie tracts about nine miles out; one on east side, other west side. Choice for i 1(H). A number of 5, 10, 20 and 40 acre tracts of unimproved laud that will lieaj Investigation. Also a number of large tracts from ll0 to 320 acres in Ore gon and Washington. Nome lew residences and lots in every portion of the city. W. J. BAKER & CO. Real Estate Agents Hood River, Oregon. Don't Go Dry JiihI because you are In a Dry Town (lot your I Want . List I made out ready for next Saturday for everything yi'U need, such as Flour, Feed, Stock F:ood, Chick Food, Russian Lice Killer, Blue Vitrol, Lime, Cement, Salt. Place your orders with II. W. Wait and get not only good goods at the riyht prices, but also a FREE LEMONADE. Remember I have ! different Brand of Flour, and Bin goiuu to close out as nearly ns possible, (loods guaranteed as represented. H. W. WAIT. We ii re pivpured to diver ICE to any part of ic city. 'Phone No. 313 Tompkins Bros. lease 'phone your orders 10 a. m. HOOD RIVER TRANSFER & LIVERY CO. TICLET OrFICE FOR THE REGULATOR LINE OF STEAMERS. Hauling, Draying, Baggage Transferred, First Class Livery Turnouts Always Ready. Phone 1. '11. LESLIE BUTLER TRUMAN BUTLER Established 1900. Residents of Wasco Co. for 23 Yean BUTLER & CO., BANKERS. Transact a Genera! Banking Business. In these days a bank account is but a necessity. It takes but a mini! here, and it adds to your Blacksmithing Having a complete equipment in our whop for all kinds of blacksniitliin-, we invite all those needing work of this kind to call and see us. Wagonmakinp; can is one of our lines. Mr. Mullen is an ex do anything from pert in this department, ant the construction of an entire vehicle to the repair of any of its many parts in a manner that will prove his skill and thorough workmanship. is our specialty. Cour teous treatment and mm with all our work. Re- Horseshoeing; satisfaction is member the firm guaranteed LUCKEY & MULLEN, East end of City. McCOY & THOMAS Manufacturers of all kinds of ....Rough and Dressed Lumber.... Seasoned lumber of all kinds in stock. We make the best prices to contractors and builders. It will pay you to see us for prices before you make your contracts. McCOY & THOMAS, White Salmon, Wash. Mill north of White Salmon. BO others, besides habits. standiiu!- with no longer a luxury, amonru. to si an n .ashless men and lelping the formation of good business Interest Paid on Time Deposits. F. 8. STANLEY. Pres. E. L. SMITH. Viee-Pres. E. O. IJLANCHAR, Cashier His First National Bank OF HOOD RIVER Remember That this bank is a Home Institu tion and we invite your business on a basis of mutual helpfulness. Our Motto: "A SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL." A. J. FLOOD, GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR ALL KINDS OF Cement Work Estimates given on short, notice. Building AVork a specialty. Phone 901. Hood River, Oregon. JACKSON & JACKSON, Dealer in General Merchandise and Lumbermen's Supplies, Railroad Ties, Cordwood, Lumk; and Cedar Posts R. D. GOULD, PLUMBING Steam and Hot Water Heating: All jobbing promptly attended to. -DEALER IN Free Delivery. I'hbne 1)31 HOOD RIVER, OR. SNOW & UPSON For All Kinds of Grubbing: Supplies, Wood Choppers and Loggers Tools A full line of stock alwavs on hand. Does your horse interfere? Rring him in. No cure no pay ..Livery, Feed and Draying.. STRANAHANS & RATHBUN. Hood River, Ore. Moreen bought, wild or exchanged. Pleasure i:ii'lii'S can wenre first-class rius. Special attention given tn moving fnrniliiru and pianim. We do everything lmrses can do. A L. CARMICHAEL HOOD RIVER IIEKiUTS Still have left a few pairs of Men's and Boys' Merrit's Pants and Ladies' Skirts. Staple and Fancy Groceries AND HARDWARE. SOLE AGENTS FOR Majestic & Mesaba Ranges and Stiletto Cutlery. HOOD RIVER IIEKIUTS, - - OREGON. HOTEL VAUCOMA P. F. FOUTS, Prop. RATES, $2.00 to $2.53 PER DAY. Steam beat. Large pieasant , rooms. Everything m w, Sample room for commercial travelers. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. CENTRAL MARKET BRG5., Proprietors. I)!CAl.i:!!S IX AM. KINDS i)V Fresh k Cured Meats VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. C. L. GILBERT, 1 ut rietor. C. F. GILBERT, Manager. Men's Tan Shoes, good values, at $3.40 Comforts di.llv splen- made,!j?l to $1.35 Trading Stamps Given for Cash Purchases. A fu: COMPLETE UNI STOCK OF rURE -AT- THE FAVORITE Oyster Parlor S. L. Young Phone, Main ; JUDGE J.J. HIRSHEIMER, ..Pension and Patent Attorney.. '.'LM Washington St., l'ortlami, Oiv. IVnilim iniitiT Ki'iicriil l,w nml and Building Material iniilor the trt of June i7. 1VIO. Indian Wur lYnxlont, InnvRof iM'tixlons, father, nintlitT, !- nd.'nl hihI hHiilt"! chihl ivn M'iiwlon; Nurwn immimkhi; Widow'!. rv torHtton lo pension roll: di'xertiHl wife's hull IwiiNlnn; HoumieN Mint Hrreant of pension. riiariri's f Drwrtiuu Corn-rUtl. Claims of all kinds taken against the rnileil States ami prosecuted. At Hood Kiver every fourth Saturday in each mouth.J PAINTS AND OILS. FURNITURE REPAIRED. n. t ,i, w uarantoed. Call and look through the Stock. Glad to show you around. Undertaker and Embalmer M H Motel oo HOOD RIVER, OREGON. Headquarters for Tourists & Commercial Travelers Regular Rate, $.25 to $2.50 per day. Sbecial Rates by Week or Month. Btagea leave daily for Cloud Cap Inn during July. Aiigunt and September. Hunt Wall Paper Co Carries everything in the line, including KrinRIed Silks, Silk Embossed, Tapestries, Moires, Ingrains, Varnished Tiles, blanks, etc. Up-to-date Paper Hanging, Sign, Carriage and House Painting. Phone 671. First and Oak Streets