The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-09-09

The Virginia and Truckcc Railroad
Company has reduced the pay Of all its
employee, except locomotive engineers,
- per cent.
II b. claimed that extensive frauds
were prrprtmtcd in connection with the
Hitrupt tU plsc the San Pedro in Vic
tpru harUor
The drpo-itors Of the suspended saw
iBr bank ut Portland want the stock
holders 10 guaran."" that the bank will
pay all drpusltors in full.
Eastern Washington's grain harvest
This season promises 10 be- the best ever
known. The average Yield from British
Columbia to the Oregon line will be
thIty bushels to the acre.
Scott Morr. Of Evans Creek. Jackson
county, Or, who has been collecting and
chipping Fast the bulbs and seeds OF the
wild flowers OF Southern Oregon, has
bIilt up quite n business in that line.
Active prosecution Of the work on the
Santa Nurgarlta extension on the south
crn Pacific has not been discontinued as
report stated. Some 600 men are a.
work. 10 per cent OF the force being
taken off, aud it IL believed the tunnels
viii bee through in the spring Of 1891.
Tnis summer, it is said, will see the
last ot the famous llarucy Valley tOr.)
crlrkrts. They are diving by millions
from some disease, and have not yet de
posted their cggs. Those who have oh.
served their habits say the disease which
has caused their destruction in other
places Is the same to all appearances rs
that which Is killing them there. They
have been in the valley in numbers ever
since it was first visited 10y the whites.
In the forestry building ut the Worlds
Fair Oregon takes II back seat for no
State or nation, her forestry exhibit be-
ing revelation even 10 Orcgonlans who
have spent their lives IN the forests. She
shuws the largest block OF wood in the
building. This sa cross section from
the trunk OF iide.land spruce, and is
ten feet in diameter. This section was
cut twenty feet above the butt, which
was sixteen feet in diameter. The tree
OF which it was II partwas quite asprout
when Columbus started on his first vOy
age, and before it was lclled it5 topmost
branches lowered more than 800 feet
above terra iirma, or high enough to NJ
ford ample shade iut the monster Ferris
wheels cars on the upper level. Oregon
shows also beautiful house constructed
wholly OF Oregon woods. 1t is ten feet
square, nineteen feet high, and il sur
mounted by an open CupOla. The build
ing throughout is finished in hard wood,
all highly polished, elegantly carved and
arranged in the most attractive fashion
possible to show the native woods of the
State. The ROOF is supported by four
nicely carved Doric columns OF maple,
while like number Of similar columns
OF oak support the roof OF the cdpola.
Just now the newspapers OF Oregon
are having II great deal to say about Or
egon fruit being shipped East, where il
is sold as II California product. There is
too much truth in the statement to make
the thing funny. But few days ago ut
Chicago some Orgonans, desirous of
learning whether or not there was any
sale Tor Oregon fruits, took occasion to
pivc the matter fair test, and ut the
same time "cvcned up' on California for
having so long sailed under false colors
bypalming off as her own Oregon choicest
fruits Just outside the Worlds Fair
grounds some boys were selling Calilor-
MIA Genuine, not Oregon-grown) pears,
peaches, apricots and cherries, and the
iulc fellows were loudly crying their
warcs-"Fresh California iruit" "Cal-
ifornia pcachesW "Caliornia pearsr"
The Orrgonians approached the boys,
examined their fruits, and told the boys
that it was not California fruit they were
selling, and assured them it was grown
in Oregon. The boys said it might be
from Oregon for all they knew-they
said it was from California because that
made it sell better. Then the wise men
from Oregon dug down in their jeans
and brought up some shining two-bt
pieces, which they gave to the boys with
the understanding that they were to
shout Oregon fruit" " Oregon pears"
etc, during the remainder of that day.
The boys tried their lungs on the new
propositon, and the results were aston
tshing. People who had visited the fair
and seen Oregon's peerless horticultural
diplav opened their eyes. "What," said
they, "Oregon fruit! Well, we must try
some of tit looked SO beautiful at the
fair" And they did try it. So many
tried it that the boys soon sold out their
stocks and had to return to headquar-
ters again and again for more, and up to
last accounts these self-same bows were
crying, "Right this way for your Oregon
pears!"