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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1908)
w4 jf r Sight HOOD RIVEK GLACIER THURSDAY AU6rUST 6, 1C03. n R On account of having to move we have been at a great disadvantage and have a lot of seasonable Goods which must be moved at some price, so we've decided to sacrifice profit to move the Goods-. This includes everything in Summer Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing, Hats and Underwear. Don't fail to visit our Store and GET YOUR SHARE OF THESE BARGAINS. o) 3 (ft jiE 4". I : i t : ? I IV I 1! i I . . . SI $ ! RL B. BRAGG & CO., Hlood River, Oregon HAWKEYES OUT IN (Continued from rage 1.) only take twenty years for the iaw niilla and lumber business to denude this aplendd paradise and leave the land bare to the aun and the unfetter ed sweep of tbe winds, to change the climate and to impoverish our water supply. Lot us wbo have tbe heritage of sane, sagacious old Iowa manifest tbe spirit of deoenoy and common sense by standing against this unmit igated ignorance and crime against posterity. In conclusion tbe speaker gave sta tistics shooing the wonderful agricul tural resources and wealth of lowaand lao those showing the great natural wealth aud undeveloped resources of Oregon, and said be looked forward to tbe time in tbe near future when the middle and western states would be free ot tb domination of eastern capita'.. The next number on tbe program was a recitation by Mrs. Adab'Koee, entitled, "The Old llawkeye fcHate," This was, of course, a very popular theme with a great part of the audi ence aud created great enthusiasm. In delivering its Inspiring lines Mis. Hose showed that she has rare talent as an elocutionist, aud made snob a favorable impression with her audi ence that she was forced to give an encore. Following Mrs. Hose, Miss Mary Wiokbam sang "Where liolls tbe Ore gon," delighting ber hearers wbo, ap . plauded ber rouudly. This completed the program for tbe morning aud an IntsrmiHsioo was ta ken for dinner. While almost every body took a liHHkot ot good things with tbem there was no danger of those who had not going hungry. Under tbe direotionflot Col. Uartioy, whom everybody knows is a pasi mas ter in picking out a fat and toothsome steer, a baibeoned ox roasted to a delicate brown, but red and juioy un derneath, was served. The time de voted to the dinner hour was one ot tbe most pleauunt of the day, as it permitted tbe renewiug of old so (luaintauoeHbip under circumstances that usually make umukiud a little niuro charitably deposed toward bis neighbor than any other. Keminis oences were many, boyhood days re called, old memories revived aud laughter and good oheor were every where apparent. At 1 :'M the meeting was again oalled to order by President Luraway and to a piano accompaniment Miss Leila Itadford rendered "Home, Sweet Home," with variations, on tbe vio lin. Miss Kadford'i rendition of tbe this ever appropriate and heart-stir ring melody was faultless and brought forth a storm of applause at Its con clusion. The next speaker intioduced was M. P. Isenberg.'who told of his early life in tbe great corn state and bow be came to leave it for a region tbst be oouaidered tar more desirable to live in. Mr. 1 sen berg was followed by Miss Grace Harbison, who played a piano solo untitled, "The Battle of Manila," very acceptably. Hon. A. A. Javne theu talked Inter estingly of conditions in tbe llawkeye state during bis younger life, telliug of the nudities of religious life there, ot tbe tremendous cyclones and of Home of the causes for immigration to tbe Paoiflo coast. He said. In part, that bo bad benu tiying to attend the meetings of the society for three years, but until this year had not suaoeeded. He stated that bo was born in Iowa and that the first mouey he earned there was (10 for which be worked three months. This was earn ed from an old retddeut who took kindly interest In bim and taught him bow to use a knife aud fork. When asked by his bonefactnr where bis par ents were born he told rilm that ui lather was boin in l'enusylvauia and bis mother in Kentucky, whereupon be was told that be muut have good tdood in him, as tbe old man seemed to thiak it made a great difference where he wbb born. Tito early set tiers, Mr. Jayue said, went to Iowa to get away from the mtiiienoes ot Slav ery. They were good people, deeply religious and moHtly of the United Presbyterian faitb in Washington county where be lived, lbey lived, however, constantly iu fear of some thing, for there was freezing cold in winter, hall, sunstroke and cyclones in summer and tbe ever present tear among them of a warm place in the hereafter. There was no question as to Iowa being a great state, but be didn't thiuk that there were many if any present who wanted ta go back. He (bought that they proferied stay ing iu Hood liiver county. Iowa had its good features, but it lacked the Hood Kiver climate and the oppoitun ities for advancement to be found in Oregon. W. C. Martin also told of life in Iowa aud some of tbe other middle western states. Mrn. W, l' Laruwny ouucluded the exercises by reading an article from the Oregnniun ' commenting on the fact that mauy of Iowa's young men were leaving that .state and that a combined eltort Is being made to keep them at home. The article is as fol lows : "The Des Moines, lova, Capital la ments over the fact that tbe best young meu ot that city are going else where to seek their fortunes. The ' merchants of the city have taken the matter up and will try to stop tbe ex odus, which, aooording to the paper mentioned, is a 'costly drain upou tbe state's strength.' "Hut you can't stop tbe exodus from Iowa. Already several thous ands of Iowans bave come to Oregon and all ot tbem are sending back re ports of tbe beauties and attractions .. and opportunities of this rapidly growing state. Iu the letters to their FULL FORCE I 'rieu1i and ,ormer companions, they bell ui lauu nee iruuj r;uiuun wuu blizzards. They tell of temperatures exoessive In neither winter ncr sum mer. They tell ot a land wbere ober- ies grow in abundance and to a size of one and one-eigbtb inches In dia meter. They tell of a region not de pendent upon one or two industries, but having a multitude of resources from which to draw increasing wealth. Tbey describe tbinly settled districts where laud is obasp, imt wnere all kinds of fruits can be grown success fully, lbey give an account of an un developed portion of tbe oouutry in which abundant water powers win make progress rapid so tbat In tbe next few years land values will in crease many fold. "Tbe Des Moines Capital 'and tbe merchants of that city can sucaeed In halting tbe exodus whenever they cao change tbe olimate of Iowa or stop tbe lowans in this state from writing baok borne. And not till then." At the conclusion of tbe program tbe annual meetiug for the election of officers was held and resulted as follows: President W. F. l.araway. Vice President-M. M. Hill. Secretary and treasurer J. 11. Os borne. Directors- M. K. Noble, K. II. Waugb, J. J. Wiokbam, V. A. Newman. The affairs of tbe society are In a flourishing condition and each'year Is addiug'a number Jof new members to its already large membership, Of tbe several societies ot this character at Hood Kiver it is by far tbe largest. matter that was taken up for dis cussion was tbat of providing perman ent grounds for tbe society to hold Its anuual event on. It was stated tbat grounds suitable for this purpose oould ke secured foi a reaponble amount aud it mi euggested tbat a point somewhere on the line of tbe Mt. Hood railroad would be tbe most desirable. It taken tbe grounds could also be used as publlo picnio grounds as well as for the soolety, but will be known an tbe llawkeye grounds. TELLS OF HOOD RIVER APPLES (Continued from Page 5.) from frost. The only berry grown is tbe Clark beedling,wblcb is a remark ably good shipping berry and because ot this fact brings tbe highest price. in the market, selling tbe past season as high as 13.55 per orate. It is a medium too small berry, Lut of good form aud bright attractive color. It Is, however, a light bearer, as 175 orates are considered a good crop. Very intensive culturo Is given by tbe best glowers. Plants are set two ways. Ibe more common way Is to place tbe plants bout fifteen inobes part in the row and the rows two aud one-balf feet apait. Tb. latter distance is better than three feet wbere irrigation Ja tesorted to. Otber growers plant in doable rows, allow ing 20 inches between tbe rows and 30 iuchea between tbe doable rows. This system lakes fewer irrigating ditches and gives three thousand more plants to the sere, but mauy claim, tbat tbe plants do not do as well. In most oas s wbere nitrate ot soda has been tried in moderate amounts, good re" suits were obtained, while other grow ers found that a mixture of ben man ure and wood ashes gave good returns. Stable compost tbat contains straw i undesirable because it interferes with irrigating. While in some cases tbe beds are left In bearing from five to seven yeais, this is generally because tbe owners are not going to replant aud wish to get what tbey can from tbe old bed. After tbe third year a decline generally sets In. irrigation depends upon soil and plants, tbe ground being kept moist to give good results, especially during tbe bearing seasou. New plauta are taken from tbe strong one year old plants and only one plant to a runner is allowed by the more Intensive growers. After the bearing season is over the beds are mowed and tbe tops burned, a new top being grown. Kvery precau tion is taken to bave tbe berries pick ed, packed and shipped as carefully as possible, great care beiug taken not to allow tbem to become heated. A number one betry is grown aud it is bandied in a busiuess-Iike and scientific manner and tbey obtain fi nancial results that are very satisfac tory. Theie is always a good market for number one fruit bandied as the Hood Kiver growers handle their strawberries. Acreage ot strawberries iu Hood River: No. of acres of strawberries grown iu orchards - 534.25 No of cores of utrawberiies not growu in orchards - 4224.25 Pollination is a subject of great In- Total acreage terest to Hood Kiver growers, ideal izing the importance ot this subject to growers of tbe state, we bave start ed a series of experiments and inves tigations. Tbe problem has so mauy phases to investigate and we bave so little to obtain from experiences of experiment stations and growers, that wa are not prepared at tins time to say ruuoh ou this subject. We hope, however, by another tall to be able to bave some results tbat we can publish that will be ot Interest. All we care to say at tbe present time is tbat we consider It a wise policy to plant sev eral varieties in an orohard, givlug preference to commercial varieties having the name blooming period. It is generally considered at this time in 11 ood Kiver that the Arkansas mack and the Ortley are good oollenizersfor tbeHpitzenberg, although it is doubt ful it aocurate experiments bave act ually demonstrated this as yet. Many of the theories on this subject have arisen from general opioion. Only by careful experiment will we be able to oome to definite conclusions on tbe problems of pollination. Age ot Orchards. Of the apple trees stauding In tbe Hood Kiver Valley, 82.1 per cont of tbem bave been set out in the past six years; 12.7 per oent In tbe six years previous to tbat; 1.1 per cent are past twelve years of age; and the remainder, or .5 per oeut, consists of top-grafts tbat bave been pat upon old stocks during tbe past five yeais. ''he number and size ot the orch ards set previous to WXo is very small, all havlug been put out merely for home use, with little or uo expecta tion of their ever coming to be of commercial importance. From 18U5 until 1901 some plantings of larger size were set, but It whs not uutil 11)02 that the real earnest planting of orch ards especially for onmmeroial pur poses began, Front tbat date mauy aud extensive orobards bave been set, tbe (number and acreage increasing greatly each year. Twenty nine per cent of these beiug set in 11)07. The apples comprise t'i.tt per oeut of the number of trees standing in the Hood Kiver district tbe poais com prise 2.1 per cent; the peaches 1.7 per cent; the cherries, 1.1 per cent; aud the nuts 3 per cent. Liy studying ta bles 1, 2, 3, 1 and 5 it will be noticed tbat the larger plantings of the other kiuds ot fruit run proportionately about the same as those of the apple, the greater numbers having been set within the past few years, It will be noticed that all of tbe walnuts in ap preciable numbers have been set with in tbe past three years. Ibe greater number ot the peach trees are three years old ; 80 per cent of the pears do not exceed three years ot Bge; aud 34 per cent ot the cherries are four years old aud younger. The strawberry industry of Hood Kiver is a very important one. It has beeu the pioneer crop, being planted extensively in tbe young orchards wheie the beds are allowed to remain until the young trees commence bear ing. Thus a good steady iucome is realized in these years of groat expen diture aud, under ordinary conditions, light returns. Formerly the beds were all near towu, bu' ot late plantings are more extensive farther up the val ley aud wbilo in these regions the ber ries oome later, still there is less loss 756.00 COMMERCIAL CLUB DAY ASUCCESS (Continued (rom Page 1.) of oeremonles. The rope was stretch ed across a bar of wood and bunches of red aud yellow ribbon tied tbree feet apart in the center. Ked repre sented tbe East Biders and yellow the Hood Kiveritea. Tbe winners bad to pull the colors of tbe opposing team aoross tbe bar of wood and so many changes were made in the selections of men that it was impossible to keep tab on them. Among the East Sid. team, among others, however, were: A. I. Mason, wbo acted as anchor, M. M. Hill, U. S. UaUlgau, Chris Deth man, V, Wincbell, Lawrence Hmitb and John Mobr. Some of those on the otber team were: Lou Morse, Harry Bailey, wbo held down tbe end of tbe rope, Andy Pearson, J. K. Car son, John Zoles and Prof. MoKnigbt. At the word "go" the two teams set tled down to a bard struggle in wbicb neither side gained any headway for sometime, when tbe Hood River team got tbe advantage aud steadily pulled tbe East Sldeis over the line. The latter claim tbat tbe winners bad ten men to tbelr nine, bat tbe Hood Riv er team denies tbe impeachment. Tbe Hose Race. At 5:30 tbe hoe races took place on Oak street. Tbe contest was between tbe high school boys and a team se lected from the members of tbe fire department. The race was won by the Bremen, although the tcbool boys made an excellent showing by running tbe distance iu 36 seconds. Tb. time made by the firemen was 35.' seconds. Ill Dinner Event of Day. By this time everybody was hungry and oommenced to drift toward the opera house, wbere tbe big publio din ner, given by tbe wives of club mem bers and tbelr lady friends, was In progress. While tbe sports were en tertaining the dinner whs undoubted ly tbe most popular event ot the day, A glance into tbe improvised diniugj room showed a beautiful sight. Long lines of tables completely filling tbe room with tbe exception of aisles left for tbe seivers, were covered with snowy linen. Oa tbem roses and sweet peas at Intervals made an artia- tlo touob of color, and glitterinng ta bleware and the many viands on dis play added to tbe attractiveness. And then the ladies! All gowned in whits with the exception of a flying vision of pink or blue for contrast. Quiokly and deftly tbey served tbe diners with the elaborate oollatlon. Hct rolls, meats, salads, creamed potatoes, rel ishes, ooffee, ice oream, cake, fruit and many other delicacies too numer ous to mention tbey supplied. From 5 to 7 over tbree hundred were fed, and compliments on tbe excellence i of the repast and its service were mauy. From 7:30 to 0 the baud gave a con cert on the square near their quarters ESS XX'r7 This is a Young Store And a Growing Store Young enough to hope to grow and growing because you approve of our methoes. We want your permanent business by proving ourselves worthy of it. We expect to make a small, sale pront each time you Duy nere, and we believe it will be to your interest to buy often. - and many gathered to listen to tbej music. - Grand Ball Ends Da) 'a Festivities. Tbe festivities for tbe day were oon eluded by a grand publio ball held iu Odd Fellows' ball, which lasted from 9 o'clock until midnight. To tbe mu sio of a full orchestra about 100 cou ples enjoyed themselves whirling in tbe mazes of the dance. During tbe evening Prof. Beggs, the dancing master wbo is at present giving a ser ies of lessons here, entertained tbe danoers witb an exhibition of dancing in which be was assisted by little Miss Whitehead, who showed rare talent In this direction! Mr. Beggs also initiated the daucers luto the In- tricaolos of tbe Paul Jones, a dance in which all could join. Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. Upholstery & Drapery Dep't The unexpected in this branch has justi fied uh in a most complete lino of spec ial silk and linen coverings in. addition regular leathers and valours. Ladies will appreciate being able to purchase these goods by the yard as well as being able to order any class of Upholstery. Fullest information and polite attention by A-l workmen. Stove and Tinware Dep't Increasing demand for goods of sure quality has justified shipping a Car load of the world famous Universal Heaters, Cook Stoves and Ranges. This means a startling reduction on all stoves. Your concentrated patronage justifies the large purchase and we give you all the 'gain to guarantee quick sales. - Roofing & Building Dep't The second carload of Malthoid Hoof ing and our appointment by Parafine Paint Company as general distributing agents has made possible the greatly reduced prices now in force. To get the benefit of market conditions we allowed all lines building material tools find hardwaie to run low and are now re ceiving immense lots at the lower prices. Furniture Department Some changes induced us to buy two carloads of General Furniture. The changing prices will be our best sales man. We will in a few days show near 200 patterns in new floor coverings, all at lower prices than for several years. 30 patterns f inlaid and print linoleums ranging from 60c to $1.75 yd. Guaran tee you satisfaction. Expert workmen on floor coverings. Everything for building is lower in price. Most articles of house furnishing have declined at Stewart Hardware & Furniture Company i ADVISE YOUR FRIENDS "The Best Way" To See Hood River Canyon and Valley is via Mt. Hood Railroad A RIDE ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DUST Train leaves Hood River 8 A. M. every day and returns 5:10 P. M. Spend your Sunday in the mountains. A. WILSON, Agent fit SPLENDID AQUATIG EVO.TS Throe dy a of too, exclknneat aud istereat YACHT RACES, LAUNCH RACES . ROWINQ RACES, SWIMMING RACES Ample hotel and lotlinw? accommodations. " " "" " 11 ki-i Willi U IM'U IWHOIHIA. I'liiiiitrv Fur IVilliutn A 1 (. i. : Wilkiiiir. amend id vtinviUio uttnijti..ilu 'lv,.i.,.i t ntnraer rwiort iITntMSUto,I.4-TylWLial Jtulletin announc ing fttupundous events addrrea SECRETARY. Rcqatta Association, ASTORIA, OREGON V2 1 '4 1 SPECIAL-RAILROAD RATES uoa ui uoe-iaira ran tor Kouuct lnj. iickeu good fmm August 26 to August 31 "THE SCHOOL OF QUALiTY"- WW Tenth and Morrison, Portland, Oregon A. P. Armstrong, LL.B., Principal C.We occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have' a $20,000 equipment, employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more calls for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly leads all others in quality of instruction. If pays to attend such an institution. CSaid a Business Man: Keep hammering away everlastingly on thorough nwk. It will win out in the end." Said ad I Educator: "The quality of instruc tion given in your school makes it the standard of its kind in the Northwest" COpen all the year. Students' admitted at any time. Catalogue free. Reference 1 Any bank, any newspaper, any businesa man in Portland. J.: I