The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-06-08
nRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.

..s4s for campers at Bartmess'
..,..n Smith was up from Astoria
week, on business trip
r. Millie Wetherell, OF Carson,
sh.. il visiting her father, Rev o. W.
nv. and others.
Sheriff. will open branch tur-
IT. store at Stevenson, which VIII be
NJ scharge of his brother.
WRott. Leasure, Of Mt. Hood, carried
se]ection returns OF Baldwin Precinct
The Dalies Tuesday
Gessling nov rides bike-that
|ovei II f;.3es part Of the time. Part OF
! time the bike is on top.
icOnsv. b. Sheriff. has manufactured a
.raat table on which he displays ms
Sch a mixed paints to advantage.
n5s. I Lafrance will start newt Tuesday
eas' q trip to his old home at Elmira, n.
which he has not visited for 20
fsssrs.
<1ao. II. Prather sold the two lots Of
II. Cradlebaugh's, in Waqcoma addi-
N, on. 10 Conrad Cramer, railroad man,
RI = SaS5. q
nm Eliza Rogers picked 2l0 boxes of,
erlra wberries on E. f, Savage'e place at
elmont, on Monday, This is a record
~ ard % beat.
~ CAPT Dukes and Elmer Rand carried
ae election returns OF their respective
SiFecincts, East and West Hood River, to
y he Dalles.
&. III. Miller, now of Scholls, Or, Wis
p9Eed frsends and relatives in Hood River
rtqnrino the week. He thinks Hood
siver is all right.
III Eben Boorrnan was the Youngest vo-
lear ID east his vote at the election last
donday, in West Hood River precinct.
lie was 81 June lst.
One car Of strawberries shipped by
s5ihe Union, May oath, netted 500 per
rate, and one car shipped May 26th
.letted $2.07 per crate.
Dr. r. G. Brosius has returned and
ian be found in his Office over Williams
Brosius' drug store, between the hours
loDi l0-l1 a. m, 2-3 and 81 p. rn.
Dr. and Mrs. II. X. Hines will spend
II week in Hood River, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. P. Crowell. DR.. Hines
rwill breach in the M. e. church next
Sunday.
VII. Perry reports that his straw
berries are doing better this year than
ever. He has a full crop OF fine, large
berries. He iertilized his patch with
wood ashes.
Cali for Your Money. are sew
eral Thousand dollars Union returns in,
which we would like to have growers
call for, 30 they will have money to pay
their pickers. G. ]. GEssLiNe.
Ed. Calkins has on exhibition at
Williams & Brosius' drug store Light
Brahma hens egg that weighs AZ
ounces. The Franklin poultry yards
Feed and -four will always be furnish
ed by Rand & Stewart at lowest market
rates. Bran, $l2 per ton; bran and shorts,
8I3 per ton Shorts, $14 per ton. Pea
cock -four, 75c sack; Dalles Diamond
85c sack.
G. L. Robinson of the East Side re-
eeived telegram, Saturday, informing
him of the death of his brother, Frank
Robinson, at Weston. Mr.. Robinson
took the night train, Saturday, for Wes
ton, to attend the funeral.
Geo. Knapp, after filling up on straw
berries for several weeks in Hood River
returned to Sherman county last Satur
dny. His services as carpenter ant
builder are in demand in that booming
section of good crops.
Mrs. Nichols sent the GLACIER a boz
uf Clark's Seeding straw wberries, OF
Monday, of which SO rounded out th'
box. They were very fine. From Mrs
Nichols patch of less than half an acr'
were picked % crates of strawberrie
last Monday.
Mrs. R. r. Erwin is building q hous
on her block of land on the Watson
tract. The building is intended for
barn in the future, but Mrs. Erwin viii
occupy it as residence temporarily
This is one Of the prettiest buildin
spots in Hood River.
Capt Blowers received plurality c
164 in Hood River valley and Viente
e. g. Copple, in the same precincts re
cesyed plurality of 112. Though de
feated in the county, both our Hoo
River candidates have reason to b
proud of their home vote.
Judge Prather sent some Hood Rive
strawberries to Herbert Folger, manage
of the Phoenix Ins. Co. for the Pacifi
coast. Mr.. Folger, in acknowledged
receipt, said the cost of getting them
San francisco was less than the cost {
the best California berries, and that tn
Hood Rivers were far superior.
Mrs. Josie E. Winstead, wife Of w.
Winstead, and daughter of DIR. Josep
Kent, died at Aberdeen, Wash, on Ma
30th, aged 90 wears. Her remains wei
brought to Hood River, and laid besid
those of her brother, who died hel
. Iaout fypo ynars apn Funeral SerVict
we're held at the K of P. cemetery G
Saturday, by Rev. J. L. Hershner.
D. G. Fouts, of Michigan, who hi
been visiting his brother, P F. Fouts
Mt. Hood, left on Wednesday for tr
to southern Oregon. Mr.. Fouts is qui
we'll pleased with Hood River, and ma
conclude to make his home here at son
future time. He had an adventure wit
! cougar, while fishing in Hood Rive
near Mt Hood last week. The coug
seemed to be following his track whe
he spied him, and, having his gu
along, gave him q shot. The coug
was badly wounded, but managed
ret away. Mr.. Fouts was q soldier
Ehe 1st Michigan sharpshooters durii
The civil war.
The strawberry yield is not SO .go'
this year as in former years. Son
think the shortness is caused by the s
we're frost we had in April. Vario
causes are given, but many are OF Il
opinion that the Clark's Seeding stra
berry is running out, the fate OF
plants of it's species. Our growers ha
been careless in selecting plants VIII
setting out new plantation. No 9th
horrz, hos vat hnen found to be as 90