The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-05-11


He reports the pismarck, which does
well in the east, as being Of inferior
quality here, i'll shaped and inclined
to fall down. The Magoon, on
clay land, is very productive, large, Of
good quality, and hast season, stood
shipment as well as the Clark seeding,
and sold well in the eastern markets.
This season he has set some Windsor
Chief plants, the variety that does best
in SarcoXie Mo. and Arkansas points
This berry must be pollenized by some
other, the Captain Jack being used for
this purpose, one row in five being the
customary method of setting. Mr.. &.
d. .Woodworth is also trying the Windsor
Chief. Mr.. Savage is also setting q few
Jersey Market" plants, variety that
is popular in New York city markets.
On May lst Miss Nellie Clark gave a
May-day picnic for her Sunday school
class. They went to fuckers mill,
where they spent the day in playing
games and fishing. A nice dinner was
spread, and when all the little folks
gathered round there were thirty in all.
Then all little heads were bowed while
Miss Parsons returned thanks, and all
proceeded to do justice to the dinner set
before them. Mrs. Alta Parsons, Lily
Shute, Nellie Erwin, Nellie Rogers,
Ethel Kent and Earl Clark assisted Miss
Clark in taking care of the children du-
ring the day.
Mrs. c. Louise Boyden contemplates
giving o recital of elocution and music
in the near future. Mrs. Boyden is q
graduate of school of oratory in the
east and very successful teacher of the
art of .elocution, having had several
years experience in this line, as we'll as
in that OF music. She will be assisted
by some OF the best local musical talent
in this city, and the affair promises to
be rare treat for the artistic and music
loving people OF Hood River.
N. G. Evans and Bone Bros. ware
house is about completed and ready for
the shipment OF strawberries. A chute
will be used to load berries from the up
per floor to the cars on the track below.
It is the intention of the owners of the
building to excavate cellar under the
building and make it frost proof for
storing apples. Six thousand boxes
of apples will be the capacity of the
cellar.
A roadway is being constructed along
the south side of the new warehouses at
| the depot. The railroad company has
given the Hood River Fruit Growers
Union building room also and asks that
they move their present warehouse to
the new site. The city jail stands in the
street and in the way of roadway tc
the site left for the Union to build
which is west of the Evans and Bone
building.
Another change in the time schedule
of the o. r. & N. Co. is contemplated
to take effect next Sunday. 1t is ex
pected there will be three daily trains
each way. East bound trains passing
Hood River arrive here as follows: No
2, IL :42 a. m. Noe, 9:02 p. m. West
bound, No. /, 80 pm. /; No. 3, :06 am
The new train, the Spokane flyer, will
leave Portland at 6 p. m. and arrive at
I a. m.
Clyde T. Bonney is putting up an
other building alongside Reciprocity
4 Corner. The new building will be thu
same size as the old one, "a by 40 feet
and the two will be connected by arch
ways. Mr.. Bonney's former quarter;
had got too small for the amount of bus
mess transacted at Reciprocity Corner
N. C. Evans shipped half crate o
strawberries from his place on Hoo
river on Sunday, May 9th, Is days aheaC
of his first shipment last year. This i
not the first shipment from Hood Rive
but it is the first half crate shipped
Hood River this time is evenwith White
Salmon in early berries.
Leondor Bros. Big Show, which it viii
be remembered gave good performances
in Hood River last summer, will agail
visit us May 10th. Their bills promis s
a good programme, and they say the
will exhibit everything they advertise
Mrs. Regina Rorden, mother of Geo
Rorden and Mrs. NJ. II. Nickelsen, die
in Germany April s, 1900, at the ad
yanced age of 70 years and s months
Her husband preceded her only
months at the age of SO.
Rev. Troy Shelley returned Wedne.
day from Boyd, where he officiated a
the funeral OF Mrs. Elizabeth Southern
who died last Saturday, aged IL. Dc
! ceased was an old friend Of the famil
Of Mr.. Shelley.
H.Lage, J.W .Hinrichs and VIM. Ehrc
] have been appointed by the count
/ court appraisers of the estate OF Chas
s Grodt, to meet next Saturday. Chri
! Dethman was appointed administrator
e The latest spray bulletin gotten ou
+ by the state board of agriculture, can b
had at this Office by calling for it. J
, gives much useful information beside
! the recipes for the different sprays.
D Hon. E. L. Smith returned Sunda
] from his trip to Eastern Oregon. MOI
: day he went back as far as Umatill
!. county, where he will inspect the o
] chards at Milton and other places.
TIL. Johnston of Dufur, candidate Q
Il the republican ticket for joint senate
from Wasco and Sherman counties, WI
e in Hood River on Monday looking aftt
y his political fences.
!, s.. F. Fouts and young man name
! Jukes have purchased the DR.. Morga
property and will move the barn out
:, the street and make business hou
', " of it.
. 25 acres finely improved land
AGTtS bultdDlG Va
Is acreage tract, with house, in town. f
" sale e. +. SAVAGE.
I. The Union shipped half a crate
= Strawberries Monday evening to POI
= =, land and Tuesday evening received
= check for 1915 for the same.
Clarence Shaw returned from She
. man county last week and on Mondi
J started for Seattle, where he will VII
+ relatives.
* * Mrs. N. A. Monroe will go east tonig
y to Colorado and Kansas and later
. Pennsylvania, where she will visit rel
tives.
e The Davidson Fruit Co. is building
a addition to their eannery, "a by 81 fe'
n which will be used for cook room.
n L. Robinson has opened store in t
pand huikdinO and will deal in clOthiI