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HOOD RIVER'QLACIER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1907
INCORPOEATID1905
MTARMSHID 1900
Butler Banking Company
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
$2000 Stock
$2000 Stock
-OF-
SHOES .
TO BE SLAUGHTERED
E SAO
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SHOES
TO BE SLAUGHTERED
Our Entire Stock of Freedman Bros.' Shoes
TO BE CLOSED OUT
Capital Fully Paid, $50,000
DIRECTORS
Leblib Rotlbr, J. N. I'kal, Tkomaw Potleb,
President Xicf I resident. CashWr
J. W. Fbbmch R. T. Cox
Beginning Saturday, January 19
Beginning Saturday, January 19
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The Freedman Shelby Shoe Co. succeeds the Freedman Bros. Shoe Co. An entire change has
been made in the company. JNew trade marks, new labels, .amerent lot in o. ana amereni
styles of shoes are to replace the former ones. Not wishing to have two different lines we have
decided to close out our entire line of Freedman shoes before our Spring goods arrive.
There are no better shoes manufactured than the Freedman shoe, being for fifty years the leading shoe house in the United States They
use only the best skins from the leading tanners, and employ none but expert shoemakers m tliwr factories, making good every wrong pair of
shoes to their customers. This is wny tney nave accompuHueu uuu mm vnuun iun
These shoes must walk. Come get your Share. Money Saved is money made. Be eco
nomical. All shoes marked in plain figues. You see what you save on each pair
WHEN WEf ADVERTISE, IT'S SO L. H. MUGGINS & CO.
REPORTS TO HORTI
CULTURAL SOCIETY
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Hlstorr. Culture and Habits of
Strawberry In Hood Rlfer.
By C. D. Thompson.
Tie history of the strawbrery, com
meroially considered, dater from the
lntroduotlou of the Clark's Seedling.
Early in the eaily eighties a few
plaoti of the variety then known a
Clark's Early weie cultivated here,
or lack of proper attention nothing
of consequence came from tbeiu.
Thli variety waa originated near
Portland, Oregon, by Mr. Fred E.
Clark, a'gardeuer and fruit grower.
In the tall of 188.1, lion. T. R.
Coon, now of Lyle, Washington,
oame to Hood Hirer to seek a rural
pursuits, and he Immediately secured
and planted several varietiei of straw
berries for the purpose of experiment
ation. Clark's Early was among those
elected end it pioved to be the only
one of any promise. In 1884 Mr. Coon
sent a orate (21 pounds) of this va
riety to Purtlaud to market, and re
oelred in return 'J and an Inquiry
(or more of the same kind. The year
following he began shipping them
into Montana; and other farmers,
seeing the possibilities for the future
of the strawberry business. ; began
glowing them, aud from this small
beiiianluK rapidly developed a gieat
industry within a short period of
time, amounting recently to as many
as 107,000 orates in a single season,
and bringing a return of as much ai
175.000.
This variety Inter assumed, and now
locally bears the name of Claik's
Seedling, In other localities, howev
er, it is known as the Hood River,
and is shipped as suoh. A peculiar
faot in connection with this berry is
that it proved of no value whatever
In the Willamette valley, its place of
origin. Another more interesting faot
is that while it lias been tried in al
every seotion of the United States, it
has never proved equal as a shipper,
nor reached tl.e same degree of per
fection in any locality as here: and
in many placet, in fact, has nearly
always proved -.a entlie failure, in a
few instance, i has suooeeded eutS
oieutlv well to supplant all other va
rieties. Soil V id climatic conditions
here seem to b jist what are needed
for the porfei ion of this particular
variety.
Many attempt. have been made to
introduce otlie' varieties here, with a
view of finding one that would be of
eanal Quality both for table use and
as a sh inner: and at the same time to
be a heavy producer. The Utter has
been uooomplisbed, but the former,
never, and all other varieties have
been discarded after a few trials of
shipping them along with the Clark'
Seedling.
The harvesting of the etiawbeny
crop usually begins from the 10th to
15tb of May. and lasts until tne mia
die of July. Perhaps no other straw
berry section enjoys so long a season,
This is on aooouut of the land lying in
benches, those on the lower land
near the Columbia ripening first, and
those on the higher benohes coming
successively lute. Sometimes 'it is as
long as a month's time between the
first ripeuing on the low lands and
the first on the highest benches.
During the packing season thou
ends of people come from other lo
oalitlea and enjoy an outing and pick
strawberries. I his makes lively times
in Hood Kiver.
The pioking ia done in band oar
rieis oontaiuing six one pound boxes,
After a carter is filled it Is immedl
atelv taken to the packing bouse,
whore the berries are turned over to
the packers (usually women) who oast
out all over-iipe, green, aud irregular
shaped ones, replaoe tbera in'halleoks,
and face them on the top with beiriea
supposed to represent those under
nuatb. They aie then placed
orates, and each evening deliveied to
the shipping house; whore, it they
are to be shipped long distances, they
are placed in refrigeration, and then
sent to almost every market In the
North and Middle West, going
Montana. Idaho. Utah, Washington
North aud South Dakota, Minnesota,
Nebraska and sometimes as tar
Massachusetts and Alaska.
These long shipments are possible
only from the faot of the extieme
firmness or tne berries, wnion anows
them sometimes to be on the way to
market a long as eight or ten days,
and yet arrive in good oondition.
Culture.
' Plants foi settiug new beds art us
ually secured by allowing the runners
to set on young, vigorous plants.
These may be dug any time after the
roots have begun to form, out gener
ally In September or Ootober, or tbey
may be allowed to remain la the
ground until epting. Before setting,
the plans are trimmed, both top and
root. Great care Is taken to set the
plant firmly In the ground, esspeo al
ly if done in the fall, as they aie lia
ble to heave duriug the winter. Most
of the planting is done in the fall ;
pot, however, beoause the grower us
ually has more time for the work.
Spring, no doubt, is the bettor time
for setting.
Plants are generally set to rows, 32
oi 33 inches apart, and from 13 to 15
laches apart fa the rows, making
about 14,000 to tba r.ore. Ureat care
should be taken in preparing the soil
or planting. It is absolutely essent
ial that the ground be graded on ao
eount of convenience of irrigation.
One who attempts to irrigate without
first grading finds himself making
water run tip hilL The ground should
be plowed deep, and harrowed well to
got rid of all weeds and make good
plant bed. Thorough cultivation,
both with horse and hoe, Is essential
to successful crop production. The
greater portion of this work is done
after the pioklog la over. A ahoit
period of rest la commonly allowed
after pioking, no other attenton per
haps, than watering being given.
Tbeo the plants are topped and the
weeds oleaned out. The topping aids
veiy materially in olearing out the
weeds, simulates the plants to vigor
ous growth for the year following,
then, during the remainder of the
season, tbey are thoroughly cultivat
ed, watered, and all runners kept out
uut 1 some time In Ootober. The five
toothed cultivator Is the one in most
common use.
The spiing cultivation is dot so ex
teusive, consisting of perhaps oulti
vating twice, and hoeing onoe or
twioe. This should be light and not
so near the plants aa to distuib the
roots and arrest fruit development
No work should be done among the
plants after the fruit begins to set.
1 Trieste only as the season demands.
The irrigation la kept up vigorously
during the picking season. The pro
per summer care makes the orop of
the succeeding year.
Plants set In the tall will produoe a
small pioking the next year, and the
season following will pi odooe at least
halt orop. The third and fourth
years are the very best, after which
thev bee In to decline, and should
soon be removed. However, on good
soil and with proper oaie, aud some
fertilizer, plants nave produood
the preachers are making it their bus
iness to interest tne citizens in ur
oon In inviting those who live in the
older sections of the country to come
out and make their homes in the
Beaver state.
Apples ia England.
England ia Importing on an average
little over 150,000 bushels of apples
per week. They oome from the Unit
ed Statea and Canada, inose irom
Oregon bring the. highest prices. The
best qualltlea bring aoo a uox; orui
nary samples, 92.90. These are good
prioea, considering mat a uux uuu-
tslna only a bushel, ihe California
anrles are selling at V'2.45 a box for
best and fl.ro lor ordinary gruue.
The United States fruit is put up in
barrels of about 140 pounds. The best
range in value is from 95.30 to $0.78 a
barrel; ordinary, from fl.35 to $4.80.
Nova Sootian apples sell from $0.08 to
$6.78 a barrel. Ordinary Canadian
apples, from various sources, bring
from $4.6U to ij.B'z a Darrei. m vue
oes the Wngners are tne oneapess
and the russets the dearest. Some of
the latter soli for $6.78 a barrel
4 All headaches go
When you grow wiser
And learn to use
An "Early Riser "
DeWltt's Little Early Risers,
sure pills. Keir & Cass.
to
Drofitablv for seven years.
Anv of tne sou oi iio a ruver vai
ley will produoe good berries, equal
olaim being made for the excellence
of those grown on sandy or clayey
soils. Clover sod well tumed under
and properly worked mekes a most
exoelleut plant bed and furnishes
food material for plant growth; be
sides, the clover has a tendency to
choke ont weeds, and leave the soil
free from tbla abominable nuisance.
Habits.
The vines, with proper oare, grow
to a eood size, however, not as larg
as some ot the softer fruited varieties.
The fruit is large, of good shape,
rounded, and remarkably amooth ; the
oolor is a dark, rich red, red to the
oore. Tbey aie of fine texture and
extremely firm and slightly tait in
taste. The fruit is borne on rather
long, stiff stems, thus ke ping It
clean aud free from dirt. The ber
ries are most exoellent oanners, re
talnlng their shape, dark red color,
and delloate flavor to a g eater degree
of perfection than those of a softer
nature commonly grown for nearby
m rkets.
The Clark'a Seedling la not an ex
oeedingly heavy bearer the average
crop being about 100 crates of 24
pounds eaon per acre. - many otner
varieties will produoe much more
heavily, but the orop ia valuable on
aooount of always being In demand
and producing well year after year,
and It has the habit of producing
valuable crop eaoh year.
foeao Rates Will Bring Thousands,
Hon. J. H. Aokerman, superintend
ent of pobllo Insruotlon for the state
of Oregon, baa requested the Oregon
Development League to supply the
detala of its work and especially the
facts ot relative to the colonist rates
to each aud every one ot the county
superintendents throughout the state
of Oregon.
Mr. Aokerman believes that the
splendid opportunity afforded the
people ot the Middle West to visit
almost every point in Oregon at
the low rate of $25 should be tut be
tore the schools, and that all teachers
In the state should not only Inform
themselves of the facts, but Impart
those facts to their students. This
rate of $25 inoludes all Missouri Klv
er points, St. Paul and contingnous
territoiy; the rate fiom St. Louis It
i:t0. and from Chioago $33. and tick
ets will be on sale from March 1 to
April 30.
There Is an absolute hunger for In
formation about Oregon .throughout
all portions ot the United btatea.
addition to the many thousands that
have been coming slnoe December,
3.750 inaulrias have been added with
In the last twelve days. The Port
land Commercial club added $2,480 to
the fund with which It U advertising
the state of Oregon at a dinner re
nentlv.
The newspapers of the atate are do
inn a srand work in oatting attention
to this opportunity to fnorease the
DODulation and wealth of the state,
while the teachers and in some cases
Notioe is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Mount Bo d Telephone Co. will
bed at the Ar.isau ball, Mount
Hood. Ore., on Wednesday, Marob 0,
1907, at 2 o'olook p. m., for the pur
pose of electing five trustee, aud
transacting such other business as
may properly oome oer te me meet
ing. Signed,
K. U. ljanerty, secretary.
Dated at Mt. Hood, Ore., Feb. 6, 1907.
The Best Physic.
When vou want a physic that is mild
and gentle, easy to take and pleasant in
effect, take Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, rnce cents, tvery
box warranted. Get a free sample at
Keir & Cass's drug store and try them.
sate,
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Knapp's Millinery Store will be re
opened March 1st. Mrs. Knapp will
lend January and February in the
wholesale markets preparing for the
Spring Opening. J2
Dad's Little Liver Pills thoroughly
clean the system, good for lazy livers,
makes clear complexions, bright eyes
and happy thoughts. Bold by Keir &
Cass, Druggist..
Notice
.It will be absolutely necessary lor all
persons contemplating the purchase of
new stock in the farmer's irrigating Co.
to make application within 30 days to
the secretary of said company if you
wish any water for the season of 1907.
UOtf M. H. NICKEL80N, Sec'y.
Hunting for Trouble.
"I've lived In California 20 years, inn)
am still hunting for trouble in the way
of burns, sores, wounds, boils, cuts,
sprains, or a case of piles that Buck
len's Arnica Salve won't quickly cure,"
writes Charles Walters, of Allegheny,
Sierra Co. No use hunting, Mr. Wal
ters; it cures every case, Guaranteed by
Chas. N. Clarke druggist. 25c.
Light and Water Rates Reduced
- After January 1st, 1907, meter
rates will be as follows :
For the first 15 kilowatt, 14J per K. W.
For the second 15 kilowatt, 100 per K. W.
After that 5c per kilowatt ,
Water for family use $1.00 per month instead of $1.25
as formerly
just received
see them.
New Stock of Electroliers
New designs hikI latest finish. Call and
Our prices are right.
Light and Water Co.
C28IP
WHOLESALE
RETAIL
THE DALLES NURSERIES
R, H. WKBER, Prop.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
GBOWKB AMD DCALKB IN
FRUIT, SHADE THCCC GRAPE VINES
ORNAMENTAL Ki-sL-J SMALLFRUITS
Evergreens, Roies and Shrubbery.
Remember, Our Trees are Crown Strictly Without Irrigation.
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Spice
Perfection
Sold on Merit
dAfOLEBUC
DEN
SPICES
Always the Same
JAFokjersCo.
San Fi
rancitco
The Club Cafe
C. C. HOLMAN
PROPRIETOR
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Meals at all Hours from 250 up
Best Two-Bit Meal in the City
T-Bone and Porterhouse
Steaks our Specialty
Xfixfc Door to Heed's Cierar Store. Hood Kiver, Ore.
Do You Save Money?
II not, it would be a good plan to begin NOW, by opening a SAVING
ACCOUNT with this strong, conservative bank, and forming the habit of
pystematically laying aside part of your salary each week or month so that
sickness or lack of employment will not find you unprepa ed.
Remember we Welcome Small DepositsOne Dollar will Open Your Account.
DO IT TO-DAY DO NOT WAIT until you have "more money" You
have "put it off" before for that reason.
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Savings Account
No matter where ym live you can make deposits or withdrawals by mall,
or call at the bank in person.
We are prompt in acknowledging deposits, and all requests for with
drawals are complied with by return mail.
First National Bank
WE CARRY THE FAMOUS
RED JACKET PUMP
"So Easy to Fix"
AND FULLY GUARANTEED
We can sell you a "WIND MILL to run t to-
NORTON & SMITH
Opposite post office
O SPICES, o
comtm.
IAKVM POWDER,
FlMOMNOtXTUCTl
AfcOtfttte rlrtt WftGJ rttflW
CLOfiETlISYEBS
Shepard & Franz
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Arc In correspondence with all parts of
tne united Htates and are in good posi
tion to sell your
Farm Property
LOCAL AGENTS
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. j
Orient Fire Insurance Co.
Buy Your Fruit Boxes
AT THE
Hood River Box Factory
and Patronize Home Industry.
Best Quality Lowest Price
Home Made
Phone Main 71
C. T. RAW BON. F. H. BTAKTOV
HOOD RIVER NURSERY.
Stock Grown on Full Roots.
We desire to let our friends and patrons know
that for the fall planting we will hare and can sup
ply in nnf number
Cherry, Pcar,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, SpiUea
berg and Jonathan apple trees.
RAWSON & STANTON, Hood River, Or.
DAVIDSON FRUIT CO
FRUIT DEALERS
and Manufacturers of all kinds of
Fruit Boxes
Highest Prices Paid for High Grade Fruit.
Boys Suits
We are closing out a
line of Boys' Suits, all
wool long pants, Etc.
$10.00 values reduced to $7.00
A full line Ladies', Misses' oc
and Children's Golf Gloves
A L. CARMICHAEL
HOOD RIVER HEIGHTS
NOW IS THE TIME to trade your old Stove in, on
A NEW RANGE
The Big New and Secondhand Store
is the place. We buy, sell and exchange anything in Furniture, Stoves, Carpets, Tin and
Graniteware, Crockery, and in fact EVERYTHING salable.
Come in and be convinced that we can 5AVE YOU MONEY.
Phone 1053
O. P. DABNEY & CO., Proprietors.
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