The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-08-17
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.


Harness and bikes repaired by .Hullt
Kitchen treasures, $3.50 at Sherrills
sherrill's prices are as low as Portland
prices
See them SOC shoes at Bone & Nc.
Donald's.
Washing machines, 1915 and and "a,
at Sherrill's.
For Byrkett's butter, go to Bone &
Mcdonald.
, For guns, ammunition and fishing
tackle, 90 to Bone Il Mcdonald.
L. D. Boyed is building barn 30x5O
feet on his place on the East Side.
John Leland Henderson returned on
Monday from trip to Puget sound
Buy your magazines and periodicals
at Bradleys Book and Stationery store.
The bell ordered by G. d. Heinrich for
the Valley Christian church arrived last
Saturday.
Jerald Blount has moved into his
new house on the land he bought of
]. H. Shoemaker.
Mr. Shere has bought Web Jones'
place at Barrett, and intends erecting a
new house soon.
Harry Mersem has returned to his
home at Rainier after spending two
months in Hood River.
Those Brownielun boxes are just the
thing for the children to carry their
lunches in. At Sherill's.
Hon. J. w. Morton treated the Gla-
cier force to basket of his luscious
peaches, grown on Riverside farm.
J.E Dishman has returned to Hood
River after protracted absence in quest
of health. He is much improved.
w. P. Watson has Seeding from
the Red June apple, the fruit of which
is very large and handsome; the color
q dark blood red.
The Valley Christian church has pur-
chased new bell and will put it up in
place this week. f. l. Rood has the
contract for painting the church.
Apples Cor Sale--A fine lot of apples
of the best varieties Would prefer to
sell the whole crop on the trees.
JOHN SIPMA.
/. D. Boyed sent five men to Mosier
on Monday to work on contract he has
for buildings for the contractor who
is Strengthening the track of the 0. R. &
N. railroad.
F. H. Stanton marketed 20 boxes Of
four-tier apples, last Saturday, from
three Gravenstein trees IL years old.
The three trees produced 40 boxes of
apples, "a of four-tier and 6 tive-tier
Now is the time to move in the matter
of holding our horticultural fair. Let
the officers OF the last fair call a meet
ing. We have the fruit this year to
make the best exhibit Rood River has
ever held.
Lage, Hinrichs & HARRISON started
their thresher last week at HARRISON
Bros. on the East Side. Monday the
thresher went to Chris Dethman's. The
threshing company has about Is settings
for the season.
A wonderful growth of egg plums can
be seen in the orchard Of w. 7. Watson
A branch of a plum tree, about 80
inches long, contains so many plums
that it is impossible to count them.
They hang like bananas and are of good
size.
Clyde T. Bonney, the busiest man in
town, not having enough business to oc-
eupy his time, has purchased the Morse
Bros logging outfit below Viento and
taken their contract to furnish logs for
the Lost Lake Lumber Co. Mr.. Bonney
is rustler.
DIR. +. G. Brosius has removed to his
new residence at the west end of Oak
street, midway between the school house
and armory, and can be found in his Of
flee over Williams & Brosius' drug store
between the hours of 10-ll a. M, 2-3
and 6-7 p. m.
O. johnson of Portland returned home
Wednesday after week S sojourn on his
farm on the East Side. Mr.. johnson is
a conductor on the City & Suburban
street railway in Portland. His young
orchard is hearing this year for the first
time and will turn off q nice lot OF fruit.
The following party returned Tuesday
from weeks outing at Maple Dell and
Lost Lake: Mrs. s. A. Knapp, Agnes
Inglebretzon, Nettie Kemp, Grace and
Blanch Lane, Minnie Perras, Levy
Bradley, Roy Woodworth, Marsh lsen-
berg, Fred Coe. The party report good
time.
The Glacier Office force was treated
by w. P. Watson on Tuesday to good
ly supply of peaches, tomatoes and Gel
cry. Mr.. Watson finds ready market
for his celery and fruit at the Hotel
Portland. His peaches are unsurpassed
for size, color and flavor. He thins the
fruit on the tree, never allowing the
peaches to hang closer than three or
four inches apart
VIII. Bishop arrived here from Warm
Springs on Monday. Mrs. Bishop and
Perrin have been visiting here for the
mast three weeks. Tuesday the family
started East and will visit relatives and
friends in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wis
consin and Iowa. Mr.. Bishop will re-
turn to his duties at Warm Springs after
a months vacation, but Mrs. Bishop
will prolong her visit for several months.
Captain Seth Lee, brother OF Mrs:
Julia Harvey of Hood River, who died
recently at Muskegon, Mich, was quite
a noted mariner and successful business
man. The Daily Chronicle Of Muskegon
gives sketch of his life column in
length. Capt. Lee started as cook ON
schooner, and at the age OF 10 he was
master of the schooner Ellen Kent.
Mrs. Harvey had not met her brother
for so years.
H.C. Bateham says he has found a
new insect preying upon the larvae OF
the Goblin moth He uses the custom
ary burlap bands around the trunks OF
his trees for the purpose of catching the
worms, and upon examining them once
in ten days he finds quite a number OF
long, lively gray worms, with black
heads and shiny backs. In nearly every,
instance where there are one or more OF
these worms living on tree, the apple
worms are killed either in the larvae or
COCOON stage. Commissioner Schanno,