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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
KEYNOTE OF THE TRADE.



Bradstreet's says: improved crop
conditions furnish the keynote of the
trade and price movement As "a re.
suit OF them nearly all staple agricul-
tural products are lower in price. and
at the same time perceptible livening
up of demand for fall delivery is noted
in the West, Northwest and South
The beginning of fall trade is conse-
quently more clearly visible in the Sec
tions mentioned. while at the East
the markets are slow to experience this
improvement and are consequently rea-
sonably dull. Bank clearings as yet
fail to reflect any perceptible improve.
ment in distribution, and railway earn
ings, though Of large volume, are, ow-
ing to comparisons being made with
exceptionally good results last year,
showing less notable increases both in
gross and net returns.
Hog products have gone lower with
corn, as has also wheat, in which con-
tinued liquidation has been noted, with
the result OF inducing partial returns OF
the export inquiry banished from the
markets by the recent heavy rise.
Iron and steel prices are evidently
scraping the bottom, il reports from
leading centers Of cost of raw material
and wages are correct. Soft coal is
going abroad too, a cargo leaving for
London shortly.
Tin is cornered locally and higher
on the week, while copper is finer.
An encouraging feature of the wool
market is the rather better inquiry ior
raw wool at Boston, but manufacturing
will not apparently do much until the
light weight season opens.
Wheat, including flour shipments.
for the week, aggregate 3.020, 38l bush.
els against 2,829,9l0 bushels last week.
Business failures for the week num-
Der 202 against 221 last week.
Canadian failures for the week mum.
ber 26 as compared with 10 in thi'
week a year ago.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

Wheat Walla Walla. 55c
Valley, 55c; Bluestem, SOC per bushel
Flour--Best grades, 1920; graham
$3.50; superhne, $2.l0 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 35c; ohoic,
gray, 33c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $l4.00@15.00
brewing, $1,000 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $l2.50 ton; mid
dlings, $40; shorts, $l3; chop, $l4 pei
ton.
Hay-Timothy, $l0@11; clover, 81 a
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6@7 per ton
Butter-Fancy creamery, 40@45c
store, 25c.
Eggs--le1 &c per dozen.
Cheese-Oregon full cream, 1876
Young America, i4c; new cheese l0c
per pound
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1,000
800 per dozen; hens, $3.50; springs,
$2,00@3,50; geese, $4,00695.00 for old;
$4.50@8.b0; ducks, $3,00@4.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, l4@l5c pei
pound.
Potatoes--40 q SOC per sack; sweets,
2@2Ac per pounu.
Vegetables-Beets, ST. turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 20 per pound; cab.
bage, ! 1ac per pound; parsnips, 81;
onions, lac per pound; carrots, 81.
EIops-s@8c per pound.
Wool--Valley, l5@l6c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, loo l5o; mohair, 20
per pound
Mutton--Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, Ss4c; dressed mutton, 10
7}ac per pound; lambs, 5lso,
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, 800;
light and feeders, $3.50; dressed,
$5.00@6.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $4.00@4, so;
cows, $S.50@4,00; dressed beef, 6ts a
7s4c per pound.
veal--Large, 61a@7}ac; small, SO
lac per pound.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Got IL All.

Superintendent was watching you
and observed that you entered but one
house in the square between Upth and
Blank streets, yet your report gives full
statistics of every family in that
square. Please explain this, sir.
Census Taker-The lady whom saw
in that one house belongs to the same
card clubs as do all the other ladies In
that neighborhood.- Baltimore Ameri.
can.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
The Man of 1t,

''Poor Lotr exclaimed lady In the
art gallery as she paused in front of
a painting representing the family
leaving the doomed city; II wonder
what he thought when he beheld his
wife transformed into pillar of salt"
~ suppose" replied her husband,
"that he thought he would now have
a chance to get fresh one."-Chicago
News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Terrible Risk.

"Well, Maria, have decided to take
the awful risk"
what risk, JohnT
Even though it may be my DEATH"
"John, for goodness"
"And better tell you in advance
that l prefer granite monument"
What In the world are you going to
do, John Stubb?"
Il am going to take off my flannels,
Maria.'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Pie in PhiIadeInhia

Really, exclaimed the waitress in
MRS. Staryem's boarding house. who
mao seen better days, I'VE never fur.
nish knife with pie"
Nor remarked the new boarder,
wen, then, bring the ax."-PhiIadeL
Dhia Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
All He May Expect.

$50, there" said Mrs. Henpeck, con.
Guiding her remarks, "a word to the
wise is sufficient
"Yes, my DEAR" replied Henpeck,
land to the average married man a
word in edgewise is sufficient. ."-Phila,
delphia Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Get All the News.

mo" said the Oldest Inhabitant, 81
don't s'pose daily paper could do well
here in Bowersville. You see, there's
either quilting bee, sewing circle, a
literary society or soclable every
night, an when they don't happen the
women folks goes to the milliner store
or the dressmakers."
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
stnmnede to stewnrt River.

The steamer Danube, which recently
arrived at Victoria, B. c., brings news
OF q rich strike ON the headwaters OF
Stewart river, 400 miles from Dawson.
A stampede is on, boats going up in a
continuous string. At White Horse
whisky famine prevails. Saloons are
licensed, but cannot get permits to
bring in liquor. The police are watch
ing the boundary for smugglers, and
have made many seizures.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Mechanical Devices,

Along with the growth of the dairy
business came the invention of many
mechanical devices for doing by ma.
chinery what had hitherto been done
by hand. One curious device is called
the dairy "centrifuge," cream separ.
ator" or Skinner" 1t is a closed
bowl revolving at the rate, sometimes
of 25,000 times a minute. The milk
flows through feed pipe into the rap
Idly whirling bowl, and from the bowl
two projecting tubes discharge continu-
ously the one cream and the other
skinned milk. A skinner of standard
factory size handles 250 gallons of milk
an hour. This is different from the
good wife setting the milk and then
going around with her little tin skim
mer and removing the cream for the
morrow's churning.
An excellent example of the changes
wrought in dairy practice is afforded
by an instance in Northern Vermont.
region long noted for its butter pro-
duction. ST. Adams is the business
center of Franklin County. During
the middle of the century the country
made butter from miles around came to
this market every Tuesday. The aver
age weekly supply was thirty to forty
tons. This butter was varied in oual.
ity, was sampled and classified with
much labor and expense, placed in three
grades and forwarded to the Boston
market, 200 miles distant. All this but.
ter was made upon 1000 or 1000 differ
ent farms, in as many churns. In 1880
the first creamery was built in this
county; ten years later there were fif-
teen. Now, creamery company in st.
Albans has tifty-odd skimming or SEN
arating stations distributed through
this and adjoining counties. To those
is carried the milk from more than 80.
600 COWS. Farmers having home sep
arators may deliver cream, which. be-
ing inspected and tested, is accepted
and credited at its actual butter value.
just as other raw material is sold to
mills and factories. The separated
cream is conveyed by rail and wagon
largely the former-to the central fac
tory. There, in one room, from ten to
twelve tons of butter are made every
working day. A single churning place
for whole county!
Only one thing in dairying remains
unaltered and unchanged. That is the
milking of the cows. Many mechanical
devices have been invented and pat
ented for the milking of cows by ma.
chinery, but none of them has been a
success. Cows are milked now as they
were in the days of Abraham, and still
Mary calls the cattle home across the
sands of Dee
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
The Usual Re..on

Daughter-Papa, l wish you'd get ma
the New Universal InternationsI ~ |
abridged Encyclopedia, complete II
ninety-nine volumes. IL
Father-Gee Whitaker! WHY do van
want that? 'ou
Daughter-Because Clara Wayunn
has One.-New York Weekly,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
There Would Be Nn Chann

NO, Harry, am sure we could NOT
be happy together; you know | ALWAYS
want my own way in everything"
But, darling, you could go ON want.
ing it after We were married.'-Brook.
lyn Life.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Juvenile Foresight.

Sammy, where did you get that ice ?''
9TH Iceman gimme it."
isn't 1t too cool a day for You to be
eating ice?'
"Praps; but mebbe he'll come along
some hot day an won't gimme any,
Chicago Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Logical.

Little Willie-Where do sea horses
come from, pa?
Pa-Why, from the sea, Of course"
Little Willie-"Then bay horses must
come from the bay. don't they, pa2
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
From the sou+h

lda-l wonder where the new board.
er got those sandy whiskers?
May-l guess he got them from eat.
ing strawberries.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Soft RniIaa

lda-When we were in London our
waiter insisted upon calling an egg a
"hegg." told him to drop the H.
May-And did he, dear?
lda-Well, my silk gown shows tbst
he dropped the egg"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
1t Impressed Her.

Bob-Nan, what first attracted your
attention to me?
Maxwell, Robert if you must
know, it was your pale, silly-looking
little indianapolis Journal.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Feminine Intuition.

Mistress-Jane, you may clear away
the breakfast dishes and put the house
in order. I'm going to my dressmaker'a
to have new gown fitted.
Jane-Yes, ma'am. Are you going 10
take your latchkey, or shall l sit up
for you?-Chicago News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Mental Arith metic In Boston.

"And now, Georgie, If take three
oranges and cut one in halves, what
popular story will it remind you orr,
"Thats easy, dad. 1.-TWO Hair ana
Two Whole of course. ."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
In Dear Old Innno

lda-ls the air very thick in London (
May-So thick that it Frequently
chokes the air-brakes on the trains.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
No Last Train.

Porter (at the Irish country railway
station, In voluble, but dreary mono
ton)-The half past o'clock train WIN I
sthart tonight till 10 o'clock, ana
there'll be no lasht train,-Tit Bits.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Good Definition.

Little Willie-What is a hypocrite.
pa?
PA hypocrite, my son, is q man
who always acts differently when he
knows some one is watching him.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
A Medium, Pa

The medium stood behind the black
curtain. Suddenly there sounded q
loud rapping.
is that dear Charles rapping?" in
Quired the lady who was there to inter
view her deceased husband.
"No'm! spoke up the mediums son.
that's the iceman at the front door ),
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
The Modern Engagement.

Heiress-Your offer Is hattering,
Baron, but cannot marry you!
Baron-Well, then. at least become
engaged to me for about three weeks
to improve my credit"-Fliegende
Blaetter.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Expedience.

Blobbs-So Bjones has married his
deceased wife's sister.
Slobbs-Yes; he didn't want to take
chances with new mother-in-law.-
Philadelphia Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
About the Size of 1t.

The Youth-What is the secret Of
true happiness?
The Sage-To have what you want
when you want 1t.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
A Prairie rnia.

"Hank" Green came In the othsr da,
with drove OF steers. Hank" saw.
there is q man In his settlement 50
stingy th9t he wants to die right away
because he heard tombstones are going
I'm
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Nothing Ser;ous

Sweltering Passenger ION railroad
train)-This window sticks so l can
get it up.
Conductor-Yes. Wood is swollen
little by the rain. It'll be all right iu
few days.-New York Weekly.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

Farmer-Do you think much butter
is healthy?
Gardner-Yes, 1t may be healthy, pro-
vided it is strong-but not healthful'-
Boston Transcript.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
New Toes.

Shoe Clerk-"Entirely new toes will
be seen in shoes this year"
Customer-"Well, l guess will be
satisfied with the same toes I've always
had"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Point of View.

The Dear Girl-Life in camp must be
truly grand.
The Rough Rider-Yes, indeed! It's
simply in-tents"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

"Sometolmes," said the janltor phi.
osopher, 9Th soize af doctors practice
is limited, but thor's nlver my limit to
tn soize av his bills"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
Lond Demonatratinn

PearEWere the clowns jokes funnyp
Ruby-Yes, he succeeded in making
the lion roar.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

It's far easier to show another man
his proper place in the W ID than il
Is to find your own.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

stubb-Young Stillman said that his
girl always kept him waiting.
Penn-So l heard.
Stubb-Well, he has had her picture
reproduced on his watch so that she
will always be on time.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
HUuoR OF THE WEEK
s1osIss TOLD sY FUNNY MEN
or THE PRESS

oad. curious and Laushabls f~Ass'
Of Human Nature Graphically r'1
traysd By Kminent wOrd Artas's "
Oar own Day-A Budget Of EuA'
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
New Field of Labor.

Work? You make me laugh. What
kind of job have you got?"
"Cleanin' horses fer an autermobile
line"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

blood can still be found in prosperous
dairy districts throughout the United
States. Soon. however, they began to
breed the Shorthorns for their beef
qualities, and now few full-blooded
ShorthOrns are classed as dairy cattle.
Ayrshires from Scotland, Holstein-
Friesians from Holland and Jerseys
and Guernseys from the Channel
Islands were then brought in, and
upon animals graded and improved
from these breeds the vast dairy indus
try OF the country now mainly depends.
The Ayrshires and Holstelns are great
milk givers, and the Jerseys and
Guernseys (often miscalled Alderneys)
are great butter makers. Brown Swiss
and Simmenthan cattle from Swtzer-
land, the Normandy breed from France
and red-polled cattle from the south of
England have also been imported, but
are in what is known to dairymen as
the general purpose class" They are
pretty good in everything, but have no
SpeclaltleS.
1t used to be believed that successful
dairying could be carried on only in the
United States in belt lying between
the latitude of Philadelphia and the lati
tude of the northern boundary of Yer
mont and extending as far west as the
Missouri River. Even in that belt it
was believed that the true dairying dis
tricts were in detached sections which
did not occupy more than one-t third of
Its area. This idea has been exploded.
1t has been found that good butter and
cheese can be made in almost all parts
of Northern America. AS a rule good
butter can be made wherever good beef
can be produced.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
mfort, of Home Comforts.

OI5COmIOTI3 OF dOme COmtOrtss
'"Thats a cozy-looking couch, old
man."
"Yes; but never go near it."
"What the matterP'
"Well, there are only three pillows
that I'm allowed to put my head on,
and can't stand the wear and tear of
picking them out from the other seven"
Chicago Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27


There were, of course, some farmers
who took care of their cattle and who
made a speciality of turning out first
class dairy products, but as a rule
things were in the condition described
Toward the middle Of the century
the production Of cheese being in ex-
cess of the home demand, an export
trade In 1t began. With the growth of
cities and towns the business of milk
supply increased and better methods
began to prevail. Then came the es-
tablishment of ''creameries" and the
improvement of the breed Of dairy cat.
tie. When the improvement of the na-
tive stock of cattle began. COW that
would give milk that would make a
pound of butter day for two or three
months was local celebrity. AS late
as 1865, when good cows sold for $40
or less, an enterprising farmer in New
England advertised widely that he
would pay 500 for any cow that would
yield fifty pounds of milk day on his
farm for two or three consecutive days.
Not an animal was offered on those
conditions. Nowadays a COW that does
not average from six to seven quarts
of milk day for 800 days-being 1000
to 1850 pounds a year-is not consid-
cred profitable. There are many herds
having an average yearly product of
5000 pounds COW, and single animals
are many which give ten or twelve
times their own weight in milk during
the year. The quality of the milk has
improved so much that the milk of one
COW now will make as much butter as
did the milk of three or four of the old
native animals.
Proiigies.
Though the old native stock was
pretty tough and disreputable race of
cows, there would appear once in a
while in it prodigy. Such was the
famous "Oakes COW" of Massachusetts.
which aslonished the world, in 1916.
by giving forty-four pounds of milk a
day, out of which was made 467 pounds
of butter in one season. This ostenta-
tious COW did this when her friends and
neighbors were proud they produced
sixty pounds of butter year. 1t made
her famous, and she had her picture
painted in oil. but none of her de-
scendants took after her, and she was
regarded as freak,
Nowadays the Oa6es cow would be
regarded as good cow-nothing more.
The Shorthorn breed led in the intro
duction of improved cattle into the
United States and formed the founda-
ton upon which many fine dairy herds
were built. They were brought from
and much Of the Shorthorn
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27
A Financier.

Browne-He's to marry Miss Sumrox,
eh? l didn't think he had enough
money to support wife. What's his
business?
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

Smythe-Yes; he's banking on the
money her father will give her.-Phila
delphia Press.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-27

Smythe-Banking.
Browne-Really?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15

filippo, prince Of Orsini, head of that
ancient family, one of the hereditary
grand charges of the Vatican and an
assistant at the papal throne, isa bank
rupt, and his creditors have forced him
to sell his principal property, the Nemf
estate, located some sixteen miles from
Rome
There are many things which make
this property the most interesting and
historically valuable estate the world
over,-a Veritable mine OF ANTIQUITIES
Here are the woods which in ancient
times were given up to the worship of
Diana. Here also is the fountain
sacred to Egeria and the crevce in the
rock where Numa is said to have con-
suited that lovely nymph. Here, too,
are the ruins of a magnificent villa
which Julius Caesar started to build
with the intention of inhabiting it
when in need of repose and quiet
Vittelius also spent his leisure hours
here, as did also many of the ancients.
huI IL was 14pclIuo, me SecOuu ell
peror Of Rome, one Of the greatest all
around scoundrels in history and a
superlative vOluptuary, who gives the
Nemi estate its greatest interest In
the Nemi lake are sunk the two IA
nous pleasure triremes Of the emperor,
each of them as big as a modern battle
ship, and from the meager investiga-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15
A PORTRAIT.

She seemed the very self of grace
Made manifest in womanhood;
The type of some intended race
Withdrawn because the world was
rude;
A soul which stopped to pose in clay
For some ideal swept away.
Her voice? Perhaps Prometheus,
freed,
Had filched it from the heaven OF
sound,
Or Pan bequeathed his mellow reed
To speak a language more profound;
1t was a mortal note to chords
Which immortality affords.
A Parian chalice was her cheek,
Through which the warm blood
blushed like wine;
And could some lordly lips bespeak
One draught so rich from Autumn's
vine,
The heart it cheered would gladly
pour
Red drop for drop to purchase more.
! The depths Of her expressive eyes
Seemed meant to shame the pride OF
speech;
Her smile made wisdom seem less
wise
For all it could not hope to teach;
The heart, in its own strength secure
Though earthly warm was heavenly
pure.
The night beheld her darker hair,
The brighter gems which there she
wore,
Then snuffed its stars With angry air
And crimsoned into day once more.
She was the All of love distilled,
The hearts forefancied dream fulfilled
Charles j. Bayne in Woman
Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-03-15
gEI@lEETIIEgEIElEE1EI ElEE5lEIIggIGlGE
Repented at Leisure.
BERTHA M. CLAY
BERTHA M. CLAY.
llElIGlIA

No, Ethel, l am only supposin5 that
you are inexperienced / should not
like Sir Leonard to think that | had
not taken good care Of YOU
And I should like TO show that l was
able to take better care Of myself than
you could Of me-" reUorted Ethel; and
with these words, proudly spoken, she
walked away leaving Helen Digby to
her own reflections.
That was the turning of the scale;
from that day the balance weighed in
Laurie Nugent's favor. That Miss Dig
by disliked him, and had warned her
against him, was quite sufficient to
make Ethel Gordon like him and in
cline in his favor Helen Digby could
not have done anything more fatal than
express distrust of him. If Ethel
could have acted as she liked, she
would have talked to him more than
before, and it would always have been
in the presence Of Miss Digby; but
Laurie Nugent was wiser. He saw by
Heien's face that she had not been
quite pleased at seeing Ethel with him
on the lawn.
discretion is the better part Of
valor,' he said to himself. IF Miss
Digby should suspect what 1 have
sworn, she will take Ethel where can
not follow, and then | must lose her;
but If [ use little self-control, she will
not even suspect"
So for the next few days. although it
cost him more than he would have
cared to acknowledge, he did not once
approach Ethei-he did not even seek
an opportunity of addressing her chap
eron
She shall not think me eager; she
shall find me perfectly Indifferent he
said; and Ethel was surprised to find
how much she missed him
Helen Digby, like the noble simple,
unsuspecting woman she was, laughed
at herself for her suspicion. It had been
only passing thought, an idea that
came from seeing them together, which
she laughed at now. Laurie Nugent ap-
peared to be sublimely Indifferent to
Ethel, and she, proud, cold. and
naughty, would never care for any one.
Helen Digby was quite at her ease. and
in few days had forgotten the circum-
stance, or if she remembered it, it was
only with a smile.