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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1911)
HOOP KITER OLACIKR, TIICRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1011 liAillAa lJlll II IlLLLALUj ib LARGE FERTILE AREA For almost half a century ti e resi dents of the Camas Prairie diBtrict of Klickitat county, Wash., meat of them of German birth, have been raising stock and replenish'! their bay mows from the wild grass meadows that trow luxuriantly on the six thousand acre bottom of what has long been known as Conboy I-ake. Thpy came into the country in the early !ilas and homesteading the land built their homes on the gentle slopes among the forest at the edge of the firtile baain. On every side is seen their homes. arrall comfortable dwellings, and ad joining each one is always a large barn in most irwtanrea two or thr e. In dead it is a section of big barns with enormous hav mows: for to the ! culiar adaptability of the region to atockraising and suocesnful dairying do the pioneer settlers owe their ,ro iieritv. The formation of the CamasTrairic region eives an interesting lasis of htudy to the geologist or soil expert. It is almost a perfectly flat basin eight miles in JenKth and about three miles wide at the middle, ror ag.?s four streams, because of the level con dition of the basin, have been pouring their waters upon it, in no denned channel but spreading them over the whole area. From the south, the Chauman creek flows, from the east ranue the Holmes, and from the north, the Uird and Frazer creeks enter, the latter fed by glacial springs and the snows of Mount Adams. The water from these streams have overspread the land for about ' ten out of twelve months in the year. The time of liar vesting the rich growth of wild hay has naturally been short. The babin is entirely surrounded by forest covered hills. A wide expanse of fir forests stretch away to the east and south, while on the north and west the ranees are covered with nr ana nine. It is a beautiful country, espee tally in the fall of the year with the dark green of the trees on every band and the snow capped peak of Mt. Adams at the north overlooking ail. For a number of years the progres sive residents of the region have real ized that the value of the region could be greatly enhanced and its products be increased many fold by draining the excessive waters of the lake. A study of the topography of the region showed that this could tie easily done, now ever, the execution of the work was retarded by a few of the residents, who feared that the cost of constructing drainage ditches would be too heavj for'them. '1 he matter was taken into th courts and only this year was the litigation brought to an end. lmniedi ately on securing a favorable decision in the courts, the bids for the work of digging the drainage ditches were ad veitised "and the contract was let this summer. Work was begun on the drainage canals August I by Dertleson & Son, Tacoma contractors, who will linish tho task this full. Fifteen miles and a half of main and lateral ditches will be dug. The 'main ditch will be five and a half miles in length, with the average top width of twenty-six feet. The canals will carry otr all the water of thifcreeks and muke it possi ble to till the soil of the basin during all seasons during which it is possible to rultivate that of the surrounding highland. Theformer opposition to the work of progress 'has dwindled to'nothing and all the resident of the community have become enthuainstic over the won derful possibilities that the completion of the undertaking otfers them. On the borders of the prairie 'region are three postoilices, Fulda at the south end. Laurel on the west and (Kenwood onjthe northeast. The progressive cit izens of Laurel have organized a devel opment league and are placing before the ! public the posHiblities of the re gion, lilenwood is an important village because of the fact tnat it is the pack ing place for the sheep men, who pas ture in the Forest Reserve during the summer months. During the past summer KO.IHK) sheep have fed on the government land around the base of Mt. Adams. The government charges the sheep men seven cents per head fur the old sheep lor the entire sea-ion, making no charges for lambs. Six thousand lambs were shipped in one train from this region last week to Chicago, Until the community has railroad transportation the resources of the re gion will be mainly drawn from stock raising, and dairy products. However, because tot its proximty to the White Salmon Valley, where all landowners specialize in fruit growing, its hay will findaVeady demand. Thin and other adjacent fruit 'sections are developing rapidly. Every foot of their develop ment means an increase in the demand for the hay raised close at hand. However, because of the agricultural and timber resources of the community and the present closeness of transcon tinental lines and their easy access to the community it will perhaps bo but a Hhortltimo until a railroad penetrates it. .Several surveys have already been made through the region. With the exception of tho Columbia river the grade across HroUHe Pass west of the Camags 1'ruirie region is said to be the I lowest across the Cascades. On the hills surrounding the hay and stock growing region is about three billion feet of first class merchantable timber, fir and yellow pine, because of the fertility of the soil, when transporta tion facilities have been facilitated by the advent ot the railroad, the lake bottom, with its unlimited depth of decayed vegetable matter, will be an ideal location for the small truck far mer. The good roads of tho region are a revelslion to the stranger. Koad build ing, because of the conformation of the country, has been no great task. There has been no difficult work in cutting heavy grades and on all sides of the basin the autoist may delight in long aireienes 01 level, graded highways. The fruit growing coinunities alone the Columbia have realised that good roads will not only be of assistance in draw ing the Camas trade to them but that they will make easy the transportation of the feedstuff to their barns. At this season of the' year the traveller lienetrating the community meets wag on after wagon loaded down with hay, which the White Salmon orchardists have purchased at good prices and which they are haulnig home for their winter stock teed. For a number of years water has been taken from the bird, Frazer ai d Holmes creeks for the purpose of irri gating the upland at he northeast corner of the basin. However, along the north and northwest sides of the level region is about 12.000 acres of fertile land covered with scattered pine and sagebrush. Kecau e of the blight growth of timber, the clearing of this land is comparatively easy. Five years ago the progressive farmers of the Glonwood section filed upon the waters of Hell Roaring and Congar Cre-ks, glacial streams at the north east of Mount Admus. Active steps are now being taken to form an irriga tion district for the region, whereby at ecured for the whcle extent of fertile soil. L. N. Amsbury, formerly of Kennewick, where he developed a large acreage of strawberry land, is one of the citizens of the district most actively engaged in hastening the irri gation project. Mr. Amsbury is owner of about 600 acres of land in the region. The yellow pine in certain sections of the community is being worked up by small sawmills. As soon as the timber is cleared from the land, the owners follow up with grubbing crews and area under cultivation is gradually growing. Four miles north of Glenwood the Klickitat Development Co. has a large crew of men at work developing an enormous amount of power. The rom pany has purchased both banks of t!e river for six miles. -A flumeway is being consructed that when finished will give them at its end a sheer fall of feet for their water. During the past year many citizens of Hood Kiver have made visits to the Camas I'rairie region, where because of the excellent agricultural opportun ities offered, they have made invest ments. Among those from this county owning land in the Washington district are: J. K. Putnam, .fames K. Mont gomery, E. O. Hall. N. W. Bone, Fred W, Wasson, Charles I Wheeler, Joe G. Vogt and L. N. Wood. The latter, who is a brother of J. M. Wood, of this city, purchased a large tract at this end ot the JConboy basin last fall. Caspar W. Hudson, a wealthy New York publisher, and James WilliamB, of Portland, have each bought holdings through Mr. Wheeler. 15. R. Pratt, of the Pomological De partment of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, who was here about a month ago studying conditions in the Valley, arrived again last Fri day for the purpose of securing speci mens of the earlier varieties of apples and to make arrangements to get the later ones for the purjiose of subject ing them to the testa that will be con ducted by the government in storage of fruit in Portland. When the govern ment expert was here on a former visit it was thought that the point at which the experiment would be conducted had been located at Spokane. How ever, the Department of Agriculture has since chosen Portland. Apples from the following districts will be used in the tests: Hood River, Pay ette, Spokane, Milton, North Yakima, Wenatchee and probably from the Rogue River Valley. Mr. Pratt says that the government has selected for the experiments ten or twelve different varieties. The fol lowing comparisons with respect to keeping quality will be made: Imme diate as against delayed storage, im mature versus mature picking,! well colored fruit versus green fruit, small fruit versus large fruit, fruit from old trees as against that from young ones and irrigated versus non-irrigated. Samples from all the prominent north western sections will lie assembled at Portland, said Mr. Pratt, where it will be subjected to the tests and inspected at intervals during the winter and spring. riiaiiiAiiuu liuur IN DES CHUTES POINTS What promises to be a veritable farm on wheels will leave Portland on a special train on the O-W. R. & N. tracks next month for a 10-day trip into the Dos Chutes Valley and to the principal points in Sherman, Morrow and Gilliam counties, for the purpose of demonstrating to the farmers of those sections the best manner of ob taining the biggest returns from their land. One car will be fitted up to represent the latest ideas in housing hogs. Two gilts of each tho lierkshire, Poland China and Duroc breeds will be con tained, besides four specimens of cross bred hogs to demonstrate the proper type of packing pork that can be gruwn successfully in Oregon. Indi vidual hog houses will be constructed in the car and the manner of feuding. nursing and breeding will be shown. Another car will be a miniature poultry yard. Live chickens will be carried. Typical buildings, nests and roosts will be shown and demonstra tions calculated to Instruct in the best manner of caring, feeding, protecting against disease and lice will be given. Rieeds of poultry that are best adapted to the Oregon climate and soil will be used as specimens. Feeding devices and watering troughs will be shown. A third car will enntnin actual speci mens of Oregon tielj peas and methods showing how they can be grown and fed successfully and profitably. Peas and pigs, it is believed, are likely to become the sources of greutest reve nuo to the Oregon farmer and for this reason the train has been christened the Hog and Field Pea Special." Assessor Wickham Rc:;i rs Tax. County Assessor J. W. WitlUiam.who has been busy recently sending out his assessment (notices for next year, has leceived several interesting replies ac companied by money orders for amounts supposed to be due for taxes. One man, whoe tax was assessed at $100. thinking that the notice was a bill for a dollar, enclosed that amount to the assessor. Another, receiving a notice of a $20 assessment, by a computation of his own device, figured that his tax was twenty cents, winch he remitted. Ihe county court does not make a levy of the tax untill next January, after which it is payable to the sheritf of the county. ror bowel complaint In children always givo Chamlicrlain's Col Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and .... . ' I ,.! . . . cnsior oil. 1 1 is certain to elleel a cure and when reduced with waler and sweeten d is pleasant to take. No physic .in can prescribe a better remei For s.ile by nil dealers. Advertised Letter List. Sept. 25, 1911. Armstrong, Mrs. nine; Itndgeford, Mrs. M. A.; Francis, Mrs. M. J. Peterson. Miss Marie; Roberts, Mrs. T. L. ; Robertson, Mrs. J. M. ; Sutton, ivirs. riewett; Walsh. Mrs. Nett e Armstrong, L. H. ; Calligan, T. J.; Coburn, H. E. ; Davis, W. M. ; Foster, J. H. ; Garnett, W. S. ; Goodwin, K. C. ; Green, E. M. ; Harvey, E. C. ; Hippcly, E. ; Hunter, M. C. ; Lain, L. A.; Laton, Martin ; Leaton, Martin; Mills, F. P. 11. ; Phillips, Walter; Renwick, F. Jay P. Lucas, Postmaster. Hazel wood Ice Cream is the best. Free delivery in any quant itv over one quart. Fat Hazel wood once and von will have no other, ror sale by C. A. Richards A Co. tf. AN OLD GOLD BRICK Used For Fleecing the Innocents a Generation Ago. THE PATENT SAFE SWINDLE. It Wss a Plausible Triek That Gsn .rally Caught ths Coin and 8nt th Bwildrd Victim Out of Town In a Hurry For Fr of Arrott Although the essentials of Imposture remain unchanged from feneration to generation, so that the rogue of today would hare no trouble In recognising his counterpart of the seventeenth cen tury, nevertheless there are fashions In thievery, as iu everything else. Old trt ks are cast off like threadbare coats lu favor of newer ones, and these lu turn are discarded when pub licity has rendered them familiar and therefore less effective, but plausibility and address are the Indispensable qualities of the geutry who live by their wits. The newest type of confidence man Is the get-rich-qulek Individual who breathes of money and wouldn't turn Lis baud to a small "job." He angles for victims with new corporations and Rreat business ventures for bait, but bo Is the same man who a generation ago raked In the aheckels by means of the pateut safe game. This game Is now an outworn fashion. But H bad its points. Let us suppose a countryman, car petbag In hand, to have alighted at the union station and set out to seo the sights. Although his name la con veniently printed on the outside of bis bag or set down In a legible hand on the hotel register, be Is amazed to find himself hospitably greeted by an utter stranger, who knows his name and the town from which he balls. The stranger Is an old friend whom the countryman Is ashamed to think he cannot remember place Is the word. But the stranger Is very affable and lays himself out to enteitaln the new comer. They stroll about town In company, visit a bar or two, exchange reminiscences and at the end of a few hours are bosom companions, ine stranger Invariably pays the score, has a lordly disdain of money; good fel lowship is Its own reward. The two stroll bjt devious ways until finally while they are walking arm In arm down a quiet bystreet the stran ger's eye Is caught by a curious object lying on the pavement. lie pauses to examine It. It Is a miniature globe about the size of a billiard ball. The stranger turns It over curiously In his Angers and finally sees that It t fitted with n small plug, which comes out under pressure. Continuing his ex plorations, he then unscrews the top of the plug, takes out a piece of crum pled pa'ier, shows his dupe the empty . box and throws tho paper on the ground. There Is a similar bit of pa per In the small chamber nt the end of tie plug, but this the countryman does not see. The two then stroll on. discussing the mysterious ball. Presently they com upon a worried looking man, who la studying tho ground with a face tho pattern of do spalr. The roper observes blm .and wants to know whether be has lost something. "Lost something, Indeed!" Bays the man. "Why, Ive lost an invention of mine that I wouldn't have taken $10, 000 for. It was a patent Ore safo which would save hundreds of thou sands of dollars' worth of papers and valuables every year. 1 was Just on my way to Blank & Blank's, the safe manufacturers, to get one made, and hero 1 have lost tho model." The roper Is evidently much touched by the inventor's distress, ne pro duces the wooden globe nnd is imme diately overwhelmed with expressions at grn tit udo. "But what good is that invention of yours?" asks the roper. "Well." says the Inventor with prldo, "you see. It Is set on props. When there is a fire all you have to do Is to knock out the props and the safo rolls down an Incline right out of the building as neat as you please. There's a box In side to hold the papers. There Is a paper in this box right now." At that the roper winks slyly nt the farmer and whispers in his ear, "I'll make him a bet on that piece of paper." "Come," says tho roper, "that's a pretty Mil yarn. 1 don't believe there's any paper In that ball. I'll bet there Isn't a scrap of paper In It." "I'll bet you $1,000 there's a paper In It," snys the inventor, much Incensed. "I haven't that much with nic," says the roper, "but I'll Just bet you a hun dred on It." With that he takes out a number of bills, say $50 or so, and a bnnk check for the other $50. To his friend tho farmer he says. "Will you Just lend me $,"0 on this check until I can get to my hotel?" The farmer sees that his friend Is sure to win. He advances the $50, when, behold, the luventor draws out the plug, removes the concealed paper from its smnll chamber and collects Ihe bet The roper is decidedly crest fallen, but while he is still lamenting his folly n policeman rushes up, charges blm with gambling and makes grab for him. Roper flees, but the fanner is caught. After protesting his innocence the farmer Is allowed to de part. Still fearful of arrest, he flees tho city. When ho presents his check he discovers that roper. Inventor and policeman are atl confidence men who have enriched themselves at his ex pense. Chicago Record nerald. No harm can befall a good man. whether alive or dead.-Soorates. 'I have a n.irl.l f ......ill j ( hninbcrlatn s Cough Kemedv for I have used it with perfect success " writes Mrs. M. 1 Basford, Poolesvitle, 1 l.(ii a..l l. .,M 1 . 1 ". v oiiiv uy tin UtMlitTcJ. Glacier Ownership Maps. Vp to date blue print, present owner snip maps oi me Hood Kiver vallev are for sale at the lilac ier oilice. This' map I is in two sections, the lower and the upper vallev. It Ima tha . . . - ----- ..... iwa,,B anu streams marked and the names of and owners written over their tracts. The price of the nuio PI1I1H.1..IU i ' -,, i . . , , ' Will I lie sent to any address poet paid upon I receipt oi the price, i GRAB'iS FOOT SCRAPER WIRE DOOR MATS 75c . A. For Sale EAST SIDE ORCHARDS 40 acres brush land (East Side), $7,000. fi aeresof 6-year-old Ppitzenburgi and New tow us, $9,000. 10 acres 9-year-old Newtowns, Spitzenburgs and Jonathans, $'20,000. 20 acres 4 acres 6 years, 3 acres 5 years, 1 acre " yearn, 12 acres year lings; bouse, barn, water plant. $10,000. coffin & scon PHONE 3202-M Dealers in East Side Lands Only NAPOLEON'S TAILOR. Ons Man Who Dared to Disobey His Imperial Master. The diary of Poumles de la Slboutle (born 1TS9, died In 18U3), recently translated into English, baa something about Napoleon, that remarkable man who continues to bo the most interest ing figure in European history. Here Is one about Napoleon's carelessness in drMi and what came of It: In 1810, when Napoleon went to Complegne to receive Marie Louise, his sister, the Princess Borgbese said to blm: "Your clothes are badly cut and do not fit you. Yon are bo obstinate about not wearing braces your trousers al ways look us If they were falling off" "Well," answered the emperor, "what do you advise me to do about It? Can you recommend another tailor?" "Have a talk with Constant" Constant, the emperor's valet, was sent for and named one Leger, who was tailor to Murat, Prince Eugene, Joseph nnd Jerome Bonnparte. A mes senger was sent to summon him, and he arrived at Complegne the next day. From that moment he made every thing Napoleon wore. He consistently Ignored his Imperial patron's sugges tions concerning his clothes. For in stance, the emperor wished the skirts of bis tunics to be turned back, like those ot Frederick the Great. "I should not think of allowing such a thing, sire! You would look absurd, and my reputation would be lost The eyes of the whole world are pon yur majesty, and If you were seen wear ing Fucb. n uniform as yoo propose- It would be a disadvantage to yoa, and I should have to bear tb Mama. I would not make yoa such a tunic If you offered m the whole of your em pire." "I wouder why the English people have taken the rose as their national flower? "Why notr "Judging by the way their peerage hunt American fortune. I abonld think a more appropriate floral emblem would be inary gold. "-Baltimore Amer ican. Dad Was Herssy. "Pa, what did Herodotus dor "Oh. 1 think he won a purse that was offered for three-year-olds once. Say, can't you quit bothering me when I'm trying to read what is going oa in the world rChleago Record Herald. Tea Great a Sacrifice. She (weary of walUngi-lf yon aell t' dog. John, we could get married. He -An' wouldn't Oi look silly to sell a doff like that to be married J-London rtplnlon. "It Is not work that kills men-it la worry The revolution Is not what d troys machinery, but the friction." A BOON TO THE HOUSEWIFE PRICE ONLY 90c FRANZ company Mm 1 1 www AND YOU'LL. J. Hood River Sweet Cider, Hires Root Reer and Soda Waters of all flavors can lie obtained for family use at all the coniectionery and grocery stores at $1.00 per dozen with an allowance of 50 cents jier dozen lor tho return of bottles to the party from whom pur chased. Keep a few lnittles in a cool place during wa m weather. Hoon Rivkr AeiM.s Vinroar Co. S00-SP0KANE ROUTE SPECIAL RATES EAST PATHS OF SALE October 2-5-16-17-18 St. Paul - $60.00 Chicago - $72.50 St Louis - $70.00 Proportionate Rates to Other Des tinations. You should take in the route via the Arrow Lakes and the Canadian Rockies. Write for circulars and descriptive literature. M. L MAIONE. Trav. Pass. AL CEO. A. WALTON, General AgL 14 WALL STREET. SPOKAXK Fruit Stamps of all kinds at A Stylish Suits nZd. $15.00 oxfords ji::0: 4.00 Hate The newest of the season, and a o A A lldl) "Gordon," too O.UU l?hirR What's better than the "Cluett?" C( Jlllllo Anybody knows the answer I.OU UndCrVVCar khXuntons or "-Piece0. 1.00 Socks f ilk' in Colors' 50c; SiIk Finish 25 $2475 PASS ANYTHING G. VOGT Drop into the cool and cozy corner at the Blue Ribbon Bakery on the Heights, after the ball game. ICE CREAM and CONFECTIONERY Piano for Our Patrons Hood River Heights, 1107 Twelfth Street We are Now Taking Orders for Apple, Peach and Pear Boxes ' Would Advise Ordering at Once Stanley-Smith Lumber Co. Phone 124 Hood River Plumbing Co. SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING j& j& Tinning' and Sheet Metal WorK. Gasoline En gines, Pumps, Rams. Repairing Promptly Attended. Estimates Furnished. Office in Davidson Building . Phone 165-M Third and Cascade 4 COCOA DOOR MATS AH Sizes and Weights SOc to $2.50 TIP ON THE ROAD Hood River, Oregon the Glacier office I