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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
There il Money in 1t,

One of the questions frequently asked
by person debating whether to bay
land here to raise fruit on, 10, "HAvt
you got good horticultural society
here? don't know any too much
about fruit growing and AM liable tc
make some grand mistakes until
learn the best methods The same
might be said also of several of our own
fruit growers. There are none of us too
old or wise but what we can still learn
something to our advantage from the
experience OF others. The president OF
the society himself said, not long since,
"lf did not think there was hun
dred dollars benefit to me from attend
ing the horticultural society, l would
give up coming down here each
month" Another prominent member
said: IF had known as much about
fruit year ago as I DO now it would
have been $50 in my pocket"
1t seems little strange why our own
fruit growers seem TO take so little in
terest in an organization which SO Vi
tally, or rather, financially, concerns
them. The society is on good foot
ing, having good hall rented for the
meetings (the hall formerly used by
Bartmess), and q good fund in the
treasury. 1t only lacks the hearty
support Of our fruit growers. one and
all, to soon be the most influential and
beneficial organization in Hood River.
There is already talk of branching out
into the fruit-shipping business; that is,
having a good responsible committee,
under the auspices Of the society, to at
tend to the shipping of all the fruit of
the members, finding the best markets
and lowest transportation rates. etc.
This would be considerable work du
ring berry season, but it can be done
and has been done well in other soci-
cites. Another plan which would he
Of great benefit 10 those with only
small orchards would he the appointing
Of man with good outfit and thorough
knowledge Of his business to 20 from
1ne place to another spraying the trees
It so mach per tree, with one solution |
which will answer all purposes and
Eradicate aphis, scale and Goblin moth
III at once. 1t is out of the question
or each person with a small orchard to
spraying outfit, and unless
ome such plan is adopted some Or
:hards are bound to go unsprayed and
Consequently become breeding places
or injurious insects, and fruit becomes
and unstable.
AS Mr.. Heald well says: "The time
las come when he who expects to raise
'ood fruit must spray, but it can be
lone now very simply and with great
Drofit."
The society meets the first Saturday
n each month. Any one is at liberty
o propose subject for discussion or
SIX any question for information. If
'Ou would be a successful fruit grawer.
DIN the society ct ne next meeting, not
Or anybody else's sake, bat for your
wn good. "There is money In it," !
Fl. C. b.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
4 FOOLLSI HELE.

The gentleman who telcgraphs his
opinions from Washington 10 the Ore.
goaiaH as "uews, strongly recon-.
mends that the incoming admin;stra-
tion follow in tho footsteps OF the pres
eat one, 50 far as the land department
is concerned at least. This may be
good advice in general but the asiniue
dictum Of the Hon. Commissioner Car
ter, which compels every applicant for
land to 90 before clerk Of court of
record or the officers of land office to
make the ahidaCits required by law,
cannot too soon be sat down on. For
instance, the non-mineral aflidavit,and
what is known as the August so afli-
davit, must be sworn to before the Of
ticcrs above named, while all the other
affidavits can be made before u notary
public, or any other officer authorized
to administer an oath. In making ap-
plication to purchase forfeited railroad
lands, through some oversight of the
parties making the papers, this August
% affidavit was not made. The result
Is that every applicant is now put to
the expense Of going to the land Office
or to the county seat to make this afli-
davit. The democratic commissioner
will do well to change this as his first
act in assuming charge of the office.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

Diphthcria has broken out in Port.
land and Eugene, ara other valley
towns report eases Of the Scourge. The
fact that it has commenced SO carly in
the season occasions alarm, 1t is s
more dread and no less fatal disease
than cholera, and every ,iiag, should bc
maoe to oPwVcnGiJs spread, Cgssp3ols,
detective sewerage uau filth are n least
propagdtors OF the disease, and should
receive prompt attention.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
LAND FORFEITURE.

The democrats have invariably in
sisted i'll passing upon the forfeited
railroad lands, that all lands unearneC
in strict compliance with the grants tC
the different roads should be forfeited
aud returned to the public domain
This stand was boldly taken in the
case OF the Northern Pucific, the dem
ocrats insisting at the time the lands
were forfeited from WalluIa to Port.
land, that the forfeiture should extend
to Bismarck, Dakota. After the 4th OF
March that party will have full sway,
and it is highly probable that the
Northern Pacific will he forced to sur
render the lands it has never earned.
Of course that company will contest the
matter in the courts, taking the ground
that subsequent building Of the road
entitled them to the lands. What the
supreme court of the United States
would hold in such a case cannot be
foretold, as there is to-day in this coun-
try law for the rich and another for
the poor. No poor man could make
such doctrine stick for moment. To
the citizen who locates public land the
courts would say, "The government
has agreed to give you title to certain
lands upon your compliance with the
law. If you comply with them you
get the land, if you do not you cannot
have it," This is the rule for the cit
izen, why should a different rule be
made for great corporation? The
Northern Pacific, not satisfied with
having lands which President Oaks,
when The Northumberland forfeiture
was made, declared We're worth one
billion of dollars, clAimed all mineral
lands within the 40-mile limit. A
democratic administration will do
nothing more than its duty when it
returns these lands TO the public do
main, and it will not have done its
duty until it does this. The supreme
court may, most likely will, hold that
the railroad is entitled TO the lands. .
even though it did dot earn them, but
the blame of allowing these lands to be
virtually stolen should be placed on
the court, and should not be allowed to
rest on the shoulders of the democracy.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Vancouver wash Dec 7, 1872.
Notice is hereby given that the folluE;pe
named settler has flied notice Of his inlcdtiUr
- make iinal proof in support of his ciajt0s
and that said proof win be made be O.e I!lt
Rcgiscr and Receiver u. s. Land Office al
vancouver wash. on January q, 1883 viz:
James r. Warner.
Application No. Az to purchas under sec
forfeiture act sept ~ 1880 for the 5 w a eli
sec ~ and lots and sec 33Tp3n mr. II Q W IN.
lie names the following Witnesses TO prove
ms continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land viz: John Purser. George Pur.
ser, Francis NJ. Lane, Theodore SukcsdOrf all
Of White Salmon klickitat county wash.
octS2-nOy29 IonE y. GEoGHEGAN. Register
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,
Land Office at Vancouver wash Nov. %, 1892.
To John Bonnet, and all whom it may
concern.
Notice ls hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his inteii-
ton to make final proof in support OF his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
Register and Receiver U. S. Land Office at
vancouver wash. on January H. 1893, viz:
William Drano.
Application to purchase No. G5 under sec 3
Forfeiture act Sept. % 1880 for the lots 2, 3. /
and section % Tp3 n r0ew m.
He names the following witnesses to prove
MS continuous residence upon and cultiya-
tion of, sad land viz: Amos Underwood
Edward Underwood, David X. Ordway, of
HOOD River, Or, John Purser, Of ChcnoWith
wash.
dclOJan4 JOHN D. GEoGHEGAN. Register.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

1t is claimed that all the big jobbing
houses Of the Missouri valley will reduce
the number Of travelling men in their
employ and require the men retained to
cover more territory. An association to
which the houses all belong will regulate
the matter, and regulate the number Of
men which house may keep On the
road. AT tchison Globe.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

Our neighbor, The Dales Chronicle
seems considerably exercised over Sher.
man county taxes, and says that the
meeting of the commissioners and the
fixing Of the rate previous TO the meet.
ing Of the state board vss for the pur
pose Of "holding her rcsorA, which i. o
difficult thing" The tax levy in Sher-
man county is not bothering the cit
liens down this way. They feel, and
justly, that they have plenty of food
for thought in that line at home, and
that the record of high assessments fol-
lowed by high rates will not be "a diff
cult thing" Sherman county people
seem satisfied both with their lot and
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
BeaJGy's 9 Organs hso hHsf. foo
Write for catalogue AddiCs Daniel T.. Beatty
Washington, New Jersey
white Poplars as Iigntnin. Dods

M. OoyaroT, q Moscow scientist, has
discovered that when Lightning strikes
in a forest the white poplar (populus
ALBA is the hrstto attract it. He came
to the conclusion that this tree can be
used as a natural lightning rod, and he
submitted memorial to tho minister of
the interior advocating that the planting
of white poplar before every house in
village be made obligatory upon the
peasants to prevent fire by lightning
New York Sun.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

taxes, and the financial statement of
the county's affairs made under oath
last spring show that with a low assess-
ment and a "0.milmte, sherman eouu-
ty has poid OF nearly an the indebted
ness she inherited.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

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Notice ~ hereby RlNCu thNt the following
oRo'd HviNCf ShHNc tivd nuuvo ut tho'r nten
tion tu mako Nual prnur ni sunpnu uf ihph
claims. nud tunt NHd prnnt vpO' Ia rnn,'
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

Seattle has had two sensational muir
dorS within the past week, one being
the killing of news paper man OF
Olympia named Boyd by his wife
and the other the murderer Of Mrs.
story by her lover, q man named
Moulton, who afterwards killed hIm-
self. Jealousy was the cause in each
case.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

The many cases Of spontaneous COM
bustion in coal cargoes have caused a
newspaper in Hamburg to offer prizes of
5,OOe, 1900 and 900 marks for the best
three chemical or mechanical devices
for tho prevention Of such danger.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

The Dufur Djspotcd has ceased to ex-
ist and the plant has been moved to
Grant. This gives Sherman county.
with n population of $500, three papers,
or one TO every 200 voters.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
ESTRAY.

a two-y year old brindlo stag, no brands
or ear-nlarks. Some white in face. A
suitable reward will be paid for infor-
nation leading to his recovery.
,WM. DAVIDSON.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
MNMAing and nNrn.nN.

Mrs, Martha puys2r win oo pleased
to do mendiug and dayUtug Tor all those
requiring such services.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Ohice at Vancouver, wash, Nov. II, 1892
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has t!cd notice of his intention
10 make final proof in support OF his claim,
ana That said PROOF viii be- made before tho
Clerk OF TIE superior Court of sSkamauin
county Washington. at Lower Cascades,
Washington on Dec, 81, 1852, viz:
John Hippolyte Hcspic.
y. n. 70. 9l4 for The lot N hsw n and
= n WI sec 29Vp "nr&cWm.
He names the following witnesses to prove
hia CONTINUOUS residence upon ana cultva-
uon Of, said land viz IsidOro w. Martin,
hjy W. Martin, Thomas Monaghan, Joseph
monaghan, all ofSHamania county wash
nvl9.dccA JOHN y. GE0GHEGAN, REGISTER.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

Purchase application No ~ undpr section 4
Fuuutur Uvl sept ~ |NN. tor thrc'. ut,rl.j
And NV l.lntNt llHuu n ltotsM lI syra
upon 4 H. clSl m,
lionNmcs TIVE following witnesses to prove
hlNclaW tn said mud, va: Simuu g. Ervps
Evevli ntyWurL hUuWt Kelly NvnN D.
lynh U,l ut lulIu =. q. .WUhhlu-. tuu.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1892-12-10

FUrrhusc application No, 3la uudyr section
NnNylur 0t' sept M lHuur tuvv1unyuN. /,
N W l-i otu e l,t and NV l.. Utsrl-Isrrll m ,
url..al wn,
ll'nomrs the following vltucs,e, to prov,
q. claim tostd lVud, Nis llulsey u. tu,t
lN,lut hu'lN rhNl.s tliuv, David tiiuv, nll ol
iUlaN i,n NUst'uvtuu
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06
Spider Thread for Telescopes.

The ingenious astronomer captures
a common garden spider and places
him on the end of twig. Then he
startles the spider, who Immediately
drops toward the ground, throwing
out q thread as he goes. The astrono.
mer, when the spider has got little
way down, produces doubled wire,
on which he begins to twist the
thread. The spider continues spin
ming and the astronomer goes on
twisting the wire until he has
enough thread for his purpose.
Nothing remains for him but to
break the thread, and when he re-
Quires it, unwinds it from the wire
as he would cotton twist. British
astronomers, it may be added, envy
their confreres in Australia, for there
is spider which spins thread of
three cords; the British spiders
thread contains five cords and is ap-
preciably thicker London Tit-Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06

In a book entitled domestic Man
ners of the Middle Ages" we are told
that in those days dinner tables were
covered by 'nappe" or table cloth.
Upon it was placed large salt-cel-
lar, bread, and cups for wine, but no
knives or plates. The reason for the
absence of knives arose from the COM
mon practice in vogue of people car
rying their own knives in sheath
attached to their girdle. In an early
work, written by Lydgate-"Rules
for Behavior at Table"-the guests
are told to bring no knives unsecured
to the table, which can only mean
that each one was to keep his own
knife-that is, the one he carried
with him-clean. Among the ancient
Romans all articles of food were cut
into small pieces before being carried
to the table. For cutting meat per-
sons of rank kept carver, designated
tie scissors or carpt r, who ha].tt e
only knife placed on the table
House Furnishing Review.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06

DIR. PAsTEUR believes that inocu-
lation will prove as etficacious in pre-
venting cholera as in the treatment
of smallpox. He hopes to induce
the King of Siam to furnish him
with a number of condemned Grim
inals to operate on. He will inocu-
late them, and then inject virulent
cholera germs into their intestines.
Such an experiment, if it proved sue
cessful, would work vast benefit to
the human race, but it would doubt
less be regarded as cruel by many
tender-hearted people, in whom the
scientific instinct has not been sutfi-
GENTLY developed. To avoid this,
and to give the poor devils of crimi-
nails some interest in the proceedings,
the King Of Siam might pardon all
who survived the treatment. In
fact, this would be necessary to give
the experiment full value. All physi-
clans agree that nervousness must be
avoided by cholera patients. DR..
Pasteur's Siamese patients, unless
given some chance for their lives,
would be likely to be trifle nervous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06
The Crowd in the Railway Station.

Zone cold rainy night last winter, y
remarked the drummer, as he wiped
a string of perspiration beads from
his neck and face, Il was left at a
small station on a western branch
road, to wait for four hours for the
train that was to take me somewhere.
There was nobody around and look
ed pretty lonesome, / guess, for the
brakeman came up and rendered me
lis sympathy for two or three min
utes before his train went back up
the road.
lizard place, amt it?" he said,
looking around on the general dis
Madness.
Rather, / responded: and worse
when a man has to wait in it for
four hours
oh, well. you may have some
company, he said encouragingly.
"Who?' and peered about me to
see if anybody had arisen from the
earth.
"'Well, he said slowly, as if MAX
ing a calculation, you'll find in the
station the telegraph operator, the
station agent, the baggagemaster,
the train dispatcher, the ticket-seller,
the storekeeper. the accident insur-
ance agent, the express agent, the
postmaster and one or two other
Otficia s.
"'That isn't SO bad, [ replied, and
told him goodnight as he jumped
for the last platform.
"Then l went into the dimly light
ed station and looked about for any
prospective companions. Nobody
was visible except a sandy-haired,
frcckledfaced man at the telegraph
instrument.
Where are the others?' Inquired
much surprised.
"'Others what?' he answered.
why the others the brakeman
told me were here? The telegraph
operator, the station agent, the bag
gagemaster, the train dispatcher, the
storekeeper, the
"The man at the instrument be-
gan to grin.
whats the matter?' I asked.
"'That darn brakeman he said.
He's the only agreeable thing I've
seen around here I put in, in de-
Tense of my friend. He said those
men would be here until the next
train comes.
And they will, said the man.
well, where are they?' I asked
with considerable asperity.
1.-THE sandy-haired man stood up
and tapped himself on the chest.
'Them's me, he smiled; come in
and set down with u.s.
And did for four mortal hours. !"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06
Electricity in Mining,

At one Of the principal lead minesr
Brussels, the Mechernich, some specs
features have been introduced, for mo-
only is the mine electrically lighted
but d current is used throughout fol
economy Of labor, observes the Ne1
York Sun. An enormous quantity \
daily raised more than 5000 tons-bN|
so perfect are the automatic arrsns|
ments that only twenty-five handsareF|
quired for this great output. A peculIa|
appliance is in vogue, which has proved
great convenience. and, it is thought
destined to quite general adoptGa,|
When wagon of ore is tipped at ~
shafts mouth electric contact is msa
in the tipping. and small neddle
the Office makes red mark on bsl
of paper revolving by clock-work, n
object of this being not SO much to
automatically the number of wsgoa
tipped as to show at glance thai
hauling is proceeding regularly;
paper band is divided into haf'hou
for q week throughout, and, at the es
of the. weeks work. it is clearly Sss
and known at once what numoel,
wagons have been tipped on any
and at any time,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06

try road, skirting the waters Of Black
River. Close by the rocky beach,
screened from view from the eastern
side by oak and pine woods, from
which it is separated by stretch Of
rolling pasture, stands Gray Gables.
Great bolders are scattered about the
grass. Wide, shady piazzas nearly
surround the house, which receives
it's appropriate name from the six
picturesque gables, three on the bay
side and three on the land side. The
implanted shingles are turning to a
quiet messy color, which with the
gables enables the passing thousands
on the Old Colony Railroad, a mile
away, to recognize the house.
The Immediate and distant scenery
is exceedingly pleasing and restful.
Monument River, Cohasset Narrows,
Onset and the upper bay each. gives a
charming vista. A cove furnishes
anchorage and shelter for Mr.. Cleve-
lands cat boat, Ruth. Not far dis
tant from "Gray Gables" is situated
Grows Nest" the beautiful home of
Joseph Jefferson, famous in American
drama.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06

NE 1dlA1O Au COLA pdAlCSs "lUll pcS-
sible exceptions, exhibit a persistent
intention to strike for "all the traffic
will bear" the crowd expected to
come to Chicago to attend the cere-
monies at the dedication of the Fair
Oct. 81. The Western lines have
followed the example of greed set ly
their Eastern brethren and decided
to charge one and a third fares for
the round trip for all points within
$50 miles Of the city, while throwing
out the ungracious sop of one fare for
all points exceeding that distance.
This attitude is all the more OBJ
jectionable as it is the first time in
many years that the railroads have
departed from the long established
ar occasion that required the trans
portation Of more than 500 people.
An enlightened view of the situation
should convince them that they are
standing in their own light. They
would do better to count on smaller
profits per passenger, and a greater
number of them, than on the fewer
patrons who are willing to pay what
they regard as high rates under the
circumstances. In fact, l cent per
mile ought to be enough for such an
occasion. That would amount to 123
cents per ton per mile, baggage in
Guided, which is ten to fifteen times
the amount charged for other freight;
and If less weight can be got into a
car there is the compensating advan-
tage that it costs nothing to the COM
pany to load Or unload the passenger
car, and there is no work or charge in
handling the contents in warehouses
before Or after transportation is per-
formed. Since the railroads seem
determined to be illiberal to the Fair
they might as well exact full regular
rates both ways and be done with it.
Why hold out a false pretense of
wanting to make concessions on
freight and passengers, when the fact
is they insist on eXacting more than
they have been in the habit of charg-
ing on occasions where the volume Of
business to be done was perhaps not
a quarter of what they expect to get
from the Fair? Why not come out
boldly and announce that they pre-
pose to exact the full pound Of flesh,
and say they intend to squeeze the
last penny out of the public in their
power? Certainly it is not philan-
thropy, nor even a sound business
policy. that prevents them from doing
this. It must be some less noble me-
tive, such as 4 faint sense or shame,
that prompts the half-hearted con-
cession which is no concession at all.