The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1899-10-20
Nood River @lacisr
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1899.


Warren Cooper brought down a load
OF apples from Mt. Hood on Monday.
II. Pugh is building an addition to his
new house, kitchen and upper room.
Uncle John Smith of Belmont visited
his sister, Mrs. Cramer, at M9sier, last
week.
Mrs. Garfield, after spending couple
OF weeks at Pendleton, visiting relatives,
returned home Friday.
John Hullt, the saddler, is manu-
featuring a water proof oil that is used
on boots, shoes and harness.
Lands bought, sold and exchanged at
Emporium. Keep your eye ON the En-
porium ad, ID page OF GLACIER
Miss Maud Parker returned home
from Newbnrg Saturday, where she has
been visiting for a couple OF weeks.
Miss Clara Nickelsen OF The Dalles,
who visited Miss Madge Warren at
Frankton for few days, returned home
Monday.
Miss Ida Roe and mother will return to
Eugene for the winter. Miss Roe will
take her old position as teacher in the
university.
John f. Cole, an old neighbor Of Judge
Henry's in Nebraska, is here with his
family and may conclude to locate in
Hood River.
Letters remain uncalled for in the
post office for Reubin Barlow, III. G.
Ellsworth, Mr.. Everett, Lucien Davis
and Andy Osborn.
S. II. Cox and Jas. Langille have
formed partnership in the carpenter
ing business and will do big share of
building up Hood River.
Mrs Il. Pealer presented the GLACIER
with a large gourd, which she calls
sugar trough gourd. 1t will make a
good flower pot when it ripens.
NJ H. Nickelsen sent in two stalks of
corn grown on his farm at Belmont that
are over ten feet high, with big ears of
corn. Mart is no slouch Of farmer.
Farmers on the East Side are about
through sowing their wheat There is
quite an increase 10 acreage. The pota-
20 harvest is now being gathered and
the crop is good.
The cold wave Of last week caused a
run on Dallas & Spangler for stoves and
stove pipe. The chronic smile worn by
Dallas nowadays denotes that things
are running his way.
Geo. p. Crowel is nursing a boil on
bis neck. These little reminders of
Jobs sufferings are said to be worth five
dollars apiece, but George would part
with his one for less.
Mrs. NJ V. Rand went to Portland
last Friday to meet sister, Mrs. l.. G.
Davis, who is coming from Portland,
Maine, to visit her The two sisters
had not met for 35 years.
Joseph Frazier, who recently did a
neat job Of plastering at d. g. Hill's
house, was last week engaged at Warren
Miller's, who is trying 10 keep up with
the march Of improvement in the Frank
ton ncighborhood
Fred Howe and Jas. ingalls,, who have
been drawing logs on the skid road for
Davenport Bros, at the upper mill
moved down from their camp last Sat
urday. The big mill has been shut
down for the winter.
Miss Lucy 6hattuck and Harriet Par
menter came up from Portland last Sat
urday and are guests at Mrs. Alma
Howe's. Harriet Parmenter is much
better of her rheumatism. She will re-
main with her aunt during the winter.
DIR. Watt has purchased OF Dallas &
Spangler large street lamp, which
he will put up at his residence. Our
city council at one time barganed with
the authorities of The Dalles for lot of
street lamps, but for some reason they
were never purchased Our town is
sadly in need Of street lights.
The basket social at Frankton was a
grand success The programme was
splendidly rendered. The baskets sold
up as high as $3.50. Over $40 was
realized from the sale of lunch baskets,
and more could have been sold. Frank
ton never does things by halves. Miss
Eliza Rogers basket sold for $3.50.
John Koberg on Saturday brought to
town 81 pounds of nice yellow butter,
the product OF three heifers for one
week. Two OF the heifers are not quite
two years old and the other not three
years old Besides the butter made, the
three calves take large portion Of the
milk. One of the cows is a full-blooded
Jersey and the other two grade Jerseys.
This is fine record for these heifers,
and gives an idea what may be expected
OF them when they attain the age of matn-
rity, or come to their best at 6 or years
old. Mr.. Koberg will soon be milking
about ten cows and will then purchase
separator. He is getting plenty OF eggs
from his 200 hens.
w. ]. Campbell and family, NJ. n.
Foley and Miss Mary Foley returned
last week from their outing in the hop
fields. Of Yakima. They report pleas
ant trip. Mr.. Foley Gays the Yakima is
a wonderful country. The country is
well watered by irrigating bitches.
Three full crops Of alfalfa are cut in
season, and the hay sells at from 81 to
$4.75 ton. Watermelons were plenti-
full and cheap. All kinds OF vegetables
were furnished free to the hop piekers.
They we're paid 81 box for picking,
but the boxes he thaEght would hold
about is bushels. Merchants do cash
business and are making money. Two
hundred thousand dollars, it is said,
were paid out to hop piekers this season.
Some two months ago party of sew
eral families who had been renters in
Hood River thought to better their con
dition by moving to Western Oregon.
Two of the men folks, Z. G. Copper and
Daniel Garbrant, went to Junction City,
Lane county, and from thence to the
lower Siuslaw, 20 miles from Junction
City, where they located government land
in a locality they thought would good
for stock raising and hunting. They re-
ported good ranges and plenty OF deer
and bear. They then returned to Hood
River and got ready to move to their
new home. Two other families went
with them. Arrived at junction City,
one family and several of the young
men went with the first load TO the ST.
uslay, while the rest remained. The re-
ports brought back were not encourag-
ing. The road led over hills and gnlches
for 20 miles, and part OF that distance
there was no road The women of the
party rehelled and refused to 60 so far
out of civilization. This of course put a