The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-07-13


moved upon the place last Saturday and
seemed to be highly pleased with it.
by Monday they had become discour-
ageo and wanted to trade back. Gordon
refused to listen to anything OF the kind
Dut white was persistent and finally, ON
tuesday, offered to take $500 of the $500 |
paid and move off, To this Gordon
agreed, and Wednesday morning Judge
frather made out a new deed. The |
family OF Mr., White desire to go back to
Michigan. The fruit farm is good prop.
erty. There is fine lot of blackberries
now ready for picking and other fruit in
abundance, with probably 400 or 500
boxes of apples. Mr.. Gordon had made
all arrangements to build in town.
Commissioner Emil Schanno has been
IN the valley during the week. He put
IN the first three days inspecting the or |
chards on the East Side, and visited |
every one from the mouth of Hood river
to q. G. Roberts place. He found the
trees too heavily loaded with apples, in
some places breaking down with their
weight. In some places women were
engaged in thinning the fruit. Mr..
Schanno was agreeably surprised to find
the spray pump in general use and the
orchards in better shape than ever He
thinks that more spray pumps have been
purchased in Hood River this year than
in all the rest OF his district Thursday
he went TO Mt. Hood and will visit the
orchards in ?. F. Fouts' neighborhood
A big force Of Japs commenced grad
ing on Monday for place to pile cord
wood along the side track below Bone
and Evans warehouse. A place to pile
cordwood for ready shipment has long
been needed. 1t has been piled up in
the streets to the discomfort in places OF
persons living in the neighborhood OF
the big wood piles. The railroad com.
pany has given word that it will build
wagon road to the new switch provided
the city council remove the town Jail,
which, as it now stands, is in the way of
such project It's up to the council to
do the right thing for Hood River wood
shippers.
Chris Bartsch expects to leave again
in about ten days for Dawson City with
band of 100 cattle and 900 sheep, which
he will take from Seattle. The 40 miles
from Skagway to head OF Lake Bennett
will be made on the railroad, and at this
point Chris will build RATS and make
the 900 miles to Dawson by water. Heck
poets to spend most of the summer pas
turing and fattening the cattle on the
rich meadows along the Yukon, and will
arrive at Dawson when the cold season
is on. The cattle will then be butchered
and the meat kept all winter i'll the ice.
A Disappointed Audience. - The
neighborhood in the rear OF Sam Bart
mess store was billed Wednesday and
great preparations made for a show to
take place in the wood shed at 2 o'clock.
Tickets were at premium and sold as
| high as one cent. But, alas! when the
hour arrived for the show to commence,
the star, Marie, had been put to bed for
her afternoon nap. The audience went
in body to Marie's mother to plead
that she be walked up, but the cruel
parent was inexorable and the show was
postponed.
The state climate and crop bulletin
for July 10th, has the following report
from HARRISON Bros. for Hood River:
Harvesting in Hood River valley is near
ly over and good crop OF all kinds OF
grain is secured. The berry is very
plump. The hay crop is good though
some OF it was damaged by rain; large
surplus is being baled. Apples easily
hold first place as fruit crop this year.
Early apples are ready for use. The
peach crop along the Columbia is quite
good, but almost failure on the up
lands.
Travel to Cloud Cap Inn has hardly
begun az yet, but with the warm weather
coming on, the tourist travel to Mt.
Hood is expected to be heavier than
ever this year, The popularity OF Cloud
| Cap Inn rs mountain resort extends
all over the United States, and it ought
not to be long before the people realize
that trip to the mountains is more sat
siactory than soiourn at q damp and
foggy seashore.
For Sale at the Emporium-160 acres;
go can be made ready for plow for 500;
40 good timber. Fine soil; no rock on
l50 acres; big hay shed; school and post
Office only 15 mile; on daily stage line;
well watered $50 down, $50 in l month,
$50 in 2 months; bal. in 4 years, Only
$500; rare bargain; Is miles distant
| ll50 feet above sea level.
The post Office department, upon rec
ommendation of Postmaster Yates, has
placed three receiving boxes on the free
! delivery route-one at Barrett's corner
another at Tucker, and third at
Ehrck's place, near Odell school house.
4 These are lock boxes, same as are used
in the cities, and can be made use OF by
anyone who has mail to post.
4 An examination of applicants for ap
4 pointment to West Point was held IN
Portland, Monday. There were ten ap
I plicants for the appointment. and Con
A eressman Moody took the examination
| method to decide the fitness of the ap
nointee. Prof. J. T. Neff of The Dalles
was one of the three selected as q boarc
of examiners.
i When Chris Bartsch returned from
Alaska, be brought with him his valu
able Shepherd dog which he secured
about three years ago from James Ora
4 ham. The dog was broke to lead on
dog team in the Klondike, where al
dogs are we'll taken care OF, and gooo
one is worth from $50 to s75.
Postmaster Yates received numbe
Of regulation mail drop boxes which viii
be placed at the Barrett school house
Tucker, and at number OF other place
along the free delivery route for the con
yenience OF the people of the valley.
7. E. Wickens has erected q temper
ary dwelling house on his lots in Blower
addition and expects to move into tow
next week His mother, Mrs. e. Snow
is slowly improving in health from he
severe attack Of grip during May.
Moki Tea positively cures sick head
ache, indigestion and constipation.
delightful herb drink. Removes al
eruptions of the skin, producing PEI
feet complexion, or money refunded
Csc. and Soc. Williams & Brosius.
Mrs. c. L. Henderson has recovere
from her recent sickness while in CHI
oooo and has decided to continue he