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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1927)
'f .1 ■l'y r-*. .- wæ • w? IN; 'T'-. *i s ■ » - ■ :< » jg J • IB7« ■> 1 HÖÖD RIVER ****** f at- Keep Sweeit Ctever.WeU Watered After a tour of inspection of valley potato tracts yesterday, G. R. Hyslop, specialist in farm croim at the Oregon Agricultural College, declared that an acreage of Marly Roue tubers on the Odell place of Rev. William A. Sunday was the finest of Hurt variety he had seen for many years. The potatoes are being cared for by H. E. Sunday, superintendent of tlie Sunday ranch and brother of the evangelist. Mr. Hyslop said that the jiotato Held is eli gible to certification for seed or stand ard grade. The tract allowed only 1*4 per cent of mosaic. Other tracts found Dy Mr. Ilyslop eli gibly to certification ate owned by C. H. Thomas, of Trout creek, and John P. Cooper, of Parkdale. Mr. Thomas is growing lturbank potatoes. "Undoubtedly,” said Mr. Hyslop. "numerous other Hood River valley potato growers would have availalile tracts subject to certification If they hail devoted greater attention to rogn- Ing plants. The quality of potatoes in Hood Iiiver is higher thau usual, how ever, and it seems likely that sufficient seed will be produced to meet all local demands next year.” Clarenc« K. OUv«r, of the Salem ■oft snow st tbe edge (By Gordon G. Brown) Statesman, was a member of the atriug which might lmve given away st any The fruit grower’s atteatioi» hds of Mtizama climbers immediately be inomant and precipitated them to death. been previously called to tin* need of “Dr. Striker was terribly hurt, and budding cherries lu the very near fu hind tbe ill-fated group who plunged over tbe crevasae edge on Mount Hood It didn’t take a doctor to eee be prob ture. This short article is intended to Sunday. Mr. Oliver brought the first ably would die*. As a matter of fact, re-emphasise tbe.rrhie of promptness authentic information of he climb to be became umi>m>cioud a little later, in this respect. The budding pf cher the American ls*gion party on Eliot and died in a state of coma. Some of ries as done by the average fruit grow glacier. He accompanied Hood River the others ahm seemed to bo in pretty er has not been uniformly successful in Glacier representatives to tbe Forestry bad shape. Moore was uncousrtons part years and the writer attributes Serviiv station near Cloud Cap Ina from shock, mid several of the others thia fact to four outstanding mistakes. und gave a story to tbe Oregonian by looked as though they might lapse into These are as follows; Budding has ■C telephone. insensibility at any moment. Dr. Court been too lats; poor buds, have beeti f.’J Mr. Oliver and members of The Gla ney L. Booth of Portland was there to chosen ; irrigation has been irregular; cier stuff accompanied Frank Heaton, give flyst aid. He did heroic work, or withheld at the proper time and the Oregon News pictorial movie photog- bandaging cuts mid binding fractures buds have been poorly tied. raplier, to Hood River. From the Gla a» coolly as though he had been in the Let the grower keep this fact firmly cier otiiiv Mr. Oliver gained communi operating room instead of on the steep in inlnd; tbe trees should be growing ■lope of a alipia ry Ice field. cation by telephone with members of vigorously at tbe time of budding and “Tbeu came the work of getting the the asp flowing freely. Thia operation the Muu mas at Government (Mmp and injured down. Tills was about the gave them correct news of tbe accident. is timed so as to make it possible to On reaching Portland Mr. Oliver was hardest of all. Four of them could aecure mature buds on the one hand walk, but tlie rest had to be hauled interviewed by tbe Oregonian, whieh ■nil yet not so late as to be beyond the gave the fellowing story of bis exper down by sled mul tbe «teds were just period of maximum sap flow. Appar anything we could make at the minute. ently this period will date from ap ience on the mountain: A graphic eyewitness story of the Going down a glacial mountain is bard proximately August l-15th. This la Mount Hood accident which caused tlie enough under ordinary circumstances, merely a rough approximation, of death of one of the climbers and Injury but when you have to transport a die- course. It should not be understood of eight others was related by Clarence but when you have to transport ■ dy- that budding may not be succeasfully E. Oliver, a reporter for the Oregon z “We’d just been congratulating each done later than the dates given but Statesman of Salem, when be reached other that we were so near tbe sum local experience indicates that earlier mit," said Colonel Foerster, one of tbe budding meets with more uniform suc Tucker Grade Discussed Portland Sunday night. Up above the world and Portland group "We were all in pretty cess. Mr. Oliver saw the entire accident, . . i i 1411 Editor Glacier : I see in your jiaiier its cares lies Banff, nest good shape, and hadn’t ■ doubt we’d took pert In the rescue work, and then, Many growers have planted Mazza ril where Mr. Duckwall thinks that If the led in the heurt of the make it The advauce party was ahead county would fix the Tucker hill grade like ii good newspaper man got on cutting steps, anil we had stopped to seedlings with the idea of securing Canadian Pacific Rock at Cloud Cap Inn and _ gummosis resistant stock to be top there would not be any accidents there. the teli lepflone ies. Here you’ll find rest and get our breath. I was near Now I would like to see the Tucker gave tbe world tbe first authentic new» the top. Suddenly, I heard someone worked in the orchard after one or two ever delightful sports growing Beason«. It seems desirable to hill grade fixed but I don’t believe that of what had occurred. and recreation to enter “It is difficult to realise,” Mr. Oliver shout ’Look out!’ and the next second do this work during the second grow it would do away will» accident» for tain you; a hotel of met this reason that it is not the road said, “how great the peril was, not I was being dragged down the slope. ing season at which time It will lie ropolitan .magnificence; tlist causes the acridents but the driver. only for the nine who were in the I tried to stick my stock in, but it got possible to insert buds from one to two jerked out of my hand. Tbe same feet away from the crotch; the area a scenic region famous Now there is a hill and a turu in actuui accident, but for those who saw Thing happened to several others. the world over. Moun most susceptible to gummosis trouble the road that was as bad as the turn it. Lined up on the glacier were women, kept going faster, and I began ■n<l freezing Injury. Unless trees an* tain Resort literature is in the road on Tucker hill and there, frieuda of those in the apparently to "We wonder wbat would happen next. yours for the asking; never was an accident there that I doomed party, and one false move by Then, like a flash, the crevasse loomed sufficiently large to permit budding or Low Summer Rail Fares ever heard of. Tills spring the county any of them would have sent another up ahead of us. There wasn’t a ques grafting at this dirtance. It seems tsut assure a vacation of mod- to delay the operation for another year. fixed this road ami Uuilt a five per lineup to Join tbe first. ^erate expense! “It was almost u miracle that the tion of what would happen next after It may be practicable to do partial top cent grade there. This is on the Wal Hurt, but one of how far we ’ d fall. working this season. This would apply ters corner with its three turns, and in entire nine who slid down the moun “Everybody Went over in ■ heap. I making tilts tlie r‘»ail i« at least 75 tain side did not drop into tbe crevasse, saw the icy aides of the crevasse flash to Mazzard seedlings whieh have a well defined leader system but where feet wide. Tills lias not lieen open which would have meant-instant death. more than three weeks and there have All that sa.ved them was an overhang by and thought it was all over. Then side branches are not auffiiiently long landed in the snow, with somebody or of caliper measurement to permit lieen two wrecks there tliat I know of formed by snow on the upper edge, I under me and soineliody else on top of the inserting of buds. For trees of over which the struggling party did a already. me. It was all a jumble, but I waF this character it la »ecommended that So you see it is not tlie road al glissade to a lower snow shelf 30 feet so thankful at findiug myself alive I tlie leader only, be budded, leaving tlie together that causes the accidents. The down oil the lower edge. . “It wasn’t anyone's fault, appar didn’t worry about liow we were going side branchea to be budded on the fol Tucker hill is a mean hill and I would k CawJum Pacjlk Tnvellert Cluqunk to get out of it. lowing year. like to see it made better, but don’t ently; it was just one of those thing» tL World Over. “We realised right away that Dr. The value of irrigation in connection ever get it into your bead that this that hapiien. Greatest credit should be Stryker was seriously hurt and told the will eliminate tho accident* for it is given to the uieniluT» of tbe party, and rescuers to get him out first' The with budding has been mentioned. more apt to incream* them than to de of other parties, including some Crag women came next, and then tbe men Water should be applied frequently Ire- cream* them. Ho let every driver is* Rats from Hood River, for the prompt who had received tbe worst injuries. Yore and after the budding season so ■ffvutive way in which the rescue as to insure a good sap flow. This is careful and we can avoid the accidents and eP I'd just been bruised up a little and important. work wairtianilled. ourselves. R<*garding the selection of buds; “The iiarty of 103 started from Cloud was able to walk down. It was a ter Quality Products There is a narrow, crooked road rible experience for all of us, and sim from Odell to Dukes Valley and there CUp inn at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, ply goes to show that you can’t be too these should lie taken from tlie current Have Stood the Test season’s wood, preferably shoots that has never lieen any accident on it yet, taking the Sunshine trail, because tbe careful In mountain climbing.” have made from ten to fifteen inches but we would like to m*e it improved Cooper spur route had been reported for Sixty Years— growth and located on the outer, well not to avoid accidents but for eon- dangerous. exposed pbrtlons of the tree. By so “Just aliove tbe west end of Eliot vepience sake. J. O. Cameron. Have the Approval MOUNT HOOD didug well matured Irtids will be se glacier half tbe party bad a narrow July 14. cured. Tilt* iHut buds will be secured of Our Grandmothers. escape from lielng wiped out by an — Rinoky and Smelly Oil Btovee Cured by avalanche. The Parent-Teacher association held from that area on tbe shoot 'ranging Several were bit by flying using Eocene Oil. Try this high grade •old by W. L KIRBY coal oil next time and see the difference. rocks. If the avalanche had been a few its regular buaiuess meeting Friday af approximately three inches from tbe Any quantity, gallon to barrel, at E. A. feet usire to the right it undoubtedly ternoon. It was decided to hold no bam* and extending within five or six TeL Odell 198 R. R. 2 would have caused a much higher death social evening in July. Mrs. C. 1!. Inches of tbe terminal bud. Frans Co. mfiOtf In the selectkin of the shoots pro Castner, vlce-presi<lent of the Hood Elv toll titan tbe crevasse accident. “After that we had good climbing un er Health association, was the speaker vision should be made to secure both til wc reached Coe glacier^ At that of the afternoon. Miss Burch, county large and small buds. This is merely to accommodate the size of bnd to the time we were about an hour from the health nurse, was present also. summit. Many of the original party Mr. and Mrs. Orland Cheledln have size of the limb budded z There is con had dn>pis*d out, but there were still returned from their honeymoon and siderable variation in this respect and enongh to make eight groups, roped gone to Mount Vernon to make their provision should be made accordingly. Where issadble use the larger buds. together. home. "Tlie place where we had to cross Mrs. Cager-M. Htott was operated on However, do not make tbe mistake of Coe glacier was very steep. An ad for apiiendicltts at the Hood Itiver hos attempting to Insert large buds in Hinall shoots. • ' vance party, unroped, headed by Judge pital Thursday, Htadter had gone to cut ice-steps. The Immediately after shoots are cut, W. T. Wyatt and family apent Bun the leaves should tie removed from the rest of tbe party bad lined up, imme diately behind, in roped up groups. day at Newport attending the Sawyer buds so as to reduce evaporation. Tbe leaf sterna are cut off approximately We were all strung ont In a line and on reunion. Mr. and Mra W. B. Gribble and one-eighth of an inch from where they the level, with our alpenstocks biting into the snow to keep us erect. Direct daughter, Miss Wilma, of The Dalles, join the bud. Keep the sin sits in a ly in front of my group, divided by only were guests of the C. H. Bhaw family moist sack in a cool place until used. n few feet, was the group containing several days. In budding use a thin bladed knife Dm*tor Stryker. Aliead of them were O. II. nendricks and family, of Hood with a rounded point preferably of the two other imrtles, then Judge Stadter River, and Mrs. Will Hanna and chil Henkle type. Tlieae are much better and the others in the advance guard. dren Were guests of E. A. Hanna last than the average pocket knife because much better work i-an be dofle. There The rest of the party was strong out Bunday. in groups behind ours. Miss Anelory Everson went to Hood la no need for buying an expensive “Suddenly, 1 heard /someone in the River Saturday, to visit her sisters, knife -for this work. These cost about Chassis f.o.b. Detroit • Chassis f.o.b. Detroit group aliead of mMinut ‘Look out!’ Mrs. Arthur Kerr and Mra. J. H. Shel 35 rents. Raffia is preferable for tying the I looked up and saw two of those in drake. buds. The Exfierlinent Station plans the middle of the group falling down Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ringer Were Hood to have a supply of raffia on hand of the steep sio|M>. Their alpenstocks ap convenient length and will supply same parently had sllpiied. The line liellled River visitor* Friday. at coat to the grower. Raffia may be out in tlie middle, and two of the July 21. used slightly moist in budding but others tumbled after them. Tlie rest W. E. Clark Is remodeling his home where used too wet. the tendency is to of the roped-in group strove desperate loosen on drying. Tlie liest way to pre ly to atop the tkneent with their al|ien- and installing modern conveniences. stocks, but, white we watched in hor J. H. Rred and Mrs. Gladys Kile and pare raffia is to dip it a few moments ror, we saw them, one by one, pulled children. Virginia and Charlie, were in warm water and bang out to par tially dry. By so doing, the raffia will off the trail. Our lead man could not Hood River visitors Friday. have reached them In time, and, if he Mrs. C. M. Stott returned from the uncurl and <an lie applied where the bud is wrapped. Use raffia of sufficient could have, it would only probably hospital Sattirflay. length to do a good job. Two half have disturlicd our line-up and sent us Joe Hess returned to Portland Thurs bitches should be made at tbe comple % 1 lVi 2-Ton to the nine fate. day after HiH iidlng some time here with tion of wrapping. Do not use any that “The more experienced climbers In bls brother, F. B. Hesat is curled up. The bast width to apply the group tried de*i>erately to And 'Win Frazee has gone to the harvest is approximately one-eighth to three- holds with their aliienstocka. At least slxtrenths of an inch wide. For larger twice one of the men obtained a flrm fields to work. Mr. and Mra. Perry Belieu »nd son. bnda, one-quarter inch is quite satis hold, but the rest of the line swung slowly down, like a crack-the-whtp Kennrth. and Mias Florence Reed, of factory. For budding the raffia should ‘ , line-np, and broke the grip loose. Dr. Portland, were guests of Mrs. Ida Ever lie from 10 to 14 indies long. Too great emphasis cannot be placed Mtr.vker, Colonel Foerster and Mr. son several days last week. Krebs all got bolds at various times. » C. M. Htott is enjoying a xlfiit with on tbe absolute neiessity of tying these buds in tightly. Failure to do so is The rest of tbe party, less experienced, his sisters, here from California. proliably the cause of most failures. aeemixl unable to help them and the M. Nelson and family and Mr. and The raffia should be crossed at the back group zig-zagged on down the slope, Mrs. Edgar Kile went on a picnic Sun of the hud and not cover the bud itself. the women screaming and the men day to 'fjic I lalles. These directions apply where the shield struggling in vain. From home on these hot summer days, bud is used. In this case a strip of “Two hundred yards down the elope liark carrying the bud approximately TROUT LAKE wns the edge of a crevasse, We could when your telephone makes it possible for see it, anil we knew* they conld see it, Rev. Geo. E* Good returned Saturday three-quarters of an inch long is rec too It might lie hundreds of feet from Everett where she has been at ommended. you to buy food the modern wayT Home experiments have been per deep; many of the Hood crevasses are. tending a church meeting. formed in the East in whjeh hot para We multi only stand and pray as we Ralph Woodruff has abut down his wax has been used to cover the entire wntohed the |Mirty strike the last part Our Delivery Service is for your conven of the slope, which was much steeper, saw mill and started the box factory. bud following wrapping. By so doing Every summer brings talk of a herd a much higher set has been secured and realised that nothing could save 4451 ience. Use it! The writer intends to use this method them from the peril which lurked law, but that is as far as It goes. abend. The Forestiy Service has Its forces for work at the Experiment Station. Where growing continues vigorously “The entire descent probably did not out In the hllla. We understand It occupy 40 seconds, hut It seemed to us hopes to extend the road into Bird after the budding season and the raffia like an hour. Wo saw their speed Creek Meadow» this summer, and also begins to impinge, the raflia should lie removed. These should not be done for suddenly Increase as they struck the. oi*en the Carson-Guler road. steep part, and then heard a terrible Mrs. Rice, of Portland, is with us at least three weeks after budding. A slight impingement will not injure the scream as they all vfent over the edge, again, for the summer. bud. . < one by one. We coiild still hoar them Your» For Service Mrs. F. M. Coate has returned from The writer expects to give Instruc* | screaming after the last man had die- a short visit with relatives in Vancou tlons to growers on the budding of appeared. apples and pears on the Experiment “The pioneer party had seen the ver and OregfiB. Several imrties from here attended Station grounds In the nsar future. accident as well as we. The slope was Those who contemplate attending these so steep that it seemed suicide for any the circus in The Dalles. one to attempt tlte descent, but Perley The farmers ere about through with demonstrations should be prepared “The Home of Quality Grocerie«.” Payton of Portland took the risk, nnd, their first cutting of hay. In spite of wtlli suitable equipment in order to while we held our hreath, got to the the cold weather there was a good crop secure practical exiierienre. edge of the crevasse. We hoard him harvested. shout: Strawberry Fertilizers “‘Are any of yon hurt?’ and we Gophers Cause Worry (By Gordon G. Brown) hoard someone answer, ‘Yea, we are. Ditch crews of the Vanners Irriga The strawberry grower should soon Badly hurt.’ ting Co. the past week have learned apply a quick fertiliser for next year’s "latter, we found that the party had something of the trials of those who been carried clear across the seam of recently fought to prevent breaks on crop. This should be applied shortly the crevasse, down which they would the Mlssim*ipfi| levies. The work of after the topping of the plants has lieen have plunged hundreds oYlD*!, and had gophers cti used the local Irrigation folk completed. Where soil is lacking tn landed on a soft raow shelf about 35 serious worry. Tunnelings of gophers organic matter two tons of ground foot down. Rtryker's stock, lashed to caused several menaces to the water sheep manure per acre should be broad cast. This application should be sup- bls wrist, had gone through his aide. system. eomentv«l by a concentrated and more The rest of tbe party had suffered tickly available fertiliser, preferably various injuries. Brush Fire Across Co h—Ma of the mterral type. The standard rec “Payton called hack to other mem A heavy column of smoke was ob ommendation Is 250 to 300 pounds per bers of the party to go after aid. All of the groups contained inexperirored served from here Batnrdhy ascending acre qf a fl-flO applied Immediately after climbers and women and an attempt at from a brush and grane fire, which Was the topping season. A similler amount Immediate resrno wonld probably have running over the top of the Ooiumbia is recommended for a spring applica resulted in another catastrophe. Then river canyon in Klickitat county. Wash tion. Owing to the fact That next year’s Parton himself started down the moun ington, jnst opposite Mosier. Forestry tain to enlist the help of other groups lookout stailo— reportoil the lire to 0. crop is influenced by the rigor of K. Barnes, state fire warden, thinking growth following the topping season. wc knew to lie on the monntain. “Judge Stadter and Merle Manley, it In this state. Washington authori tl>o useof a quick acting minetai fer tiliser la recommended. Where soils of Portland, both members of the pio ties were notified. are lacking in organic matter, this fer neer iiarty. and experienced climbers, tilizer shoal» be of an organic nature. let themselves down tbe slope at grout Fj r It I I I f® Canadian MKcifiC (By Gordon O. Brown) Of recent years a more general use of the various sweet dorera for corer crop purpose» 1» being made in Ho«« River orchard». This la being done with the full encouragement of tlie flood River Experiment Station be cause these legumes poos«— many ad vantages which are not true of other cover crops. The purpose of this arti cle is to sound a word of warning to growers who have not had experience in handling aweet clovers, especially the tiienuhii white and biennial yellow blossom varieties. These two cover crops require enormous amounts of ir rigation water. Failure to provide tills water is almost sure to react disas trously on the fruit trees. Tills is ea- pecially true during the second grow ing vear when tbe root system Is fully devehqs-d. It is little short of awurate to say that the ground should be con sistently and uniformly soaked during the greater is>rtlon of tlie growing sea son. Growers are advised to make a lllieral use of a soil auger or other such tool tlmt will permit a ready examina tion of subsoil couditlouH from time to time. Failure to provide ample mois ture may not, and often is not. apiiar- ent in tree growth until the following growing season nt which time various functional troubles including small yel low leuves and die-back are found. 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